On an 8 GB ADVFS fileset here the quota file sizes look frightening:
> ls -al
...
-rw-r----- 1 root operator 137438928896 Feb 17 17:07 quota.group
-rw-r----- 1 root operator 137438928896 Feb 17 17:11 quota.user
Now, according to man ls :
NOTE
[DIGITAL] Sparse files, such as quota files, may not be using as much on-
disk storage as the ls -l command reports. Use the ls -s command to obtain
an accurate report of the on-disk storage used by a sparse file.
and trying ls -s gives
> ls -s
...
48 quota.group
64 quota.user
...
which is more understandable. The largest uid on the system is
65534 for nobody while the largest uid owned by a regular user is
only 1054. Why are those files so enormously sparse?
This might be an aestethic problem only. However, I would prefer
to have less sparse files with "normal" sizes. vquotacheck has not
helped so far. The system is running DU 4.0D with patch kit 2. So,
what is the solution?
TIA,
Bjorn
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Bjorn S. Nilsson Email: Bjorn.S.Nilsson_at_nbi.dk
Niels Bohr Institute or just nilsson_at_nbi.dk
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Received on Wed Feb 17 1999 - 17:23:10 NZDT