Denis Beauchemin writes: > This happens all the time because when directories are created in the > copy process their size is optimal to hold the files present there. > > Old directories hold many deleted entries but the space isn't reclaimed > until a new file has to be created there. Thus they are larger.
There's also a difference between how ext2 and reiserfs allocate space for the underlying files/directories. ext2 uses a fairly traditional "block" allocation. Reiserfs is very different (balanced trees for directory lookup instead of traditional "name -> inode" list; packs tails of files together into blocks). It's not surprising that the same files take up a different amount of raw space on the disk. There may be a contribution to the difference from the non-shrinking directory structures that ext2 uses but most of it will be from the difference in underlying filesystem layout. --Malcolm -- Malcolm Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux Technical Consultant IBM EMEA Enterprise Server Group... ...from home, speaking only for myself
