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. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos