/etc/dump makes bad tape use estimates when files have holes

Robert Elz kre at mulga.SUN
Thu Apr 5 17:08:34 AEST 1984


Thanks for that - dump is one of the programs we didn't get around
to changing to make use of the di_blocks field (whereas 'du', 'ls'
etc, did get changed).

However, that field DOES include indirect blocks - it is used primarily
for the disc quota implementation (so 'chown' can accurately adjust
usages), and as such counts every block that is allocated to the file,
not just data blocks.

Robert Elz					decvax!mulga!kre



More information about the Comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes mailing list