Quoting Vincent Lefevre (vinc...@vinc17.net): > Thanks! I didn't know that (I thought that the file system would > automatically "optimize" directories when files are removed, so > I've never looked closely at their size). Indeed: > > ypig:~/eftests> ls -ld tmp > drwxr-xr-x 2 vlefevre vlefevre 29655040 2015-04-13 15:25:55 tmp/
That's staggering. My /var/lib/dpkg/info has ~8900 files and occupies 462848 bytes. So that would be over ½million files in your case. Does eftests stand for "excessive files tests"! Cheers, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150413205040.gk7...@alum.home
