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From: risner@stdio.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD auto directory shrink?
Date: 10 Jun 1997 09:24:55 -0400
Organization: Open World
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I read that in 4.4 code, directories would automatically shrink
during a file creation if they contained excess slack of unused slots.
Is this no longer valid?  Was this never integrated?

I had a 6 meg directory with no files and created a single file.
It did not go away...

Risner