[CentOS] question about directory size in linux..

[Jason Welsh]

So its normal behavior.. thanks!

Jason



On 02/22/2017 01:40 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 02/22/2017 06:34 AM, Jason Welsh wrote:
>> How does the directory *itself* have a size of 2.8 megs? 
>
>
> If you write a large number of directory entries in a directory, the 
> directory will grow in order to provide storage for those directory 
> entries.  You can imagine a directory as a text file containing all of 
> the file names in the directory, with references to the location of 
> those files, if that helps you understand why the directory itself 
> will grow.
>
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