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 [ 26 Oct 05 06:49, David Drummond wrote to CHARLES ANGELICH ]


 DD> The files themselves do NOT fragment

Nonsense.  Have you ever even checked?  If you're running JAM/squish bases
(files that grow and shrink a frequently) you'll probably find them quite
fragmented.  Large disc images tend to fragment too, IME.

Go download (e2)defrag mentioned in another post and have a look.  Last time I
used it (I use XFS now), it included the "frag" tool that just reports
fragmentation without changing anything.  If you don't have good backups, I would
advise against using poorly/infrequently maintained low-level filesystem
mangulation widgets...



-- Scott Little  [fidonet#3:712/848 / sysgod@sysgod.org]