On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Dave Mielke wrote:
SC>On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Sangohn Christian wrote:
SC>>Every time my Debian-Linux makes an automatic file system check on all
SC>>partitions after a certain amount of boot ups, the part of "non-contiguous"
SC>>files higher than the last time.
SC>>Is that a problem (I couldn't find the word contiguous in my English-German
SC>>dictionary)?
SC>
SC>Contiguous means sequential, with all segments being end-to-end. A contiguous
SC>file, therefore, has all of its blocks in increasing order with no gaps. You
SC>should only ever expect near 0% file discontiguity in partitions which hardly
SC>ever change.
Aha! Do you or anybody else know of a tool like the msdos defrag.exe?
SC>
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