Hello, I guess someone must know the answer to this conundrum.
Context: The device file in question has been created by an rsync backup. The original device file (e.g. /dev/agpgart) as seen through stat(1) shows: Size: 0 Blocks: 0 "character special file" The copy of the device file (e.g. /var/archive/hourly.0/foomachine/dev/agpgart) as seen through stat(1) shows: Size: 0 Blocks: 8 "character special file" This is a pure ext2/ext3 filesystem question actually. Why should ext2 allocate 8 blocks to a file that is in essence just an inode? SELinux ACL? Preallocation? This phenomenon is common to all the device file copies. All of them are 8 blocks large. I checked the filesystem with ext2fsck: no problems found. Anyone who can help me scratch this itch? Best regards, -- David -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
