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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 18:08:28 +0200
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To: Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Shrinking ext3 directories
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    Hi all :))

    All of you know that if you create a lot of files or directories
within a directory on ext2/3 and after that you remove them, the
blocks aren't freed (this is the reason behind the lost+found block
preallocation). If you want to 'shrink' the directory now that it
doesn't contain a lot of leafs, the only solution I know is creating
a new directory, move the remaining leafs to it, remove the
'big-unshrinken' directory and after that renaming the new directory:

    $ mkdir new-dir
    $ mv bigone/* new-dir/
    $ rmdir bigone
    $ mv new-dir bigone
    (Well, sort of)

    Any other way of doing the same without the mess?

    Thanks a lot :)
    Ra?l
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