🚀 go-pugleaf

Jean-Michel PULFER <jpulfer@urbanet.ch> wrote:
> Yup. The /lost+found directory is created at mkfs time. I'm not sure it's
> a good idea to delete it, how would fsck react to this? (it will probably
> recreate it, but who know?).

Well, the problem is that creating a directory needs a new inode
and some data blocks (if there are many entries). Your filesystem to
be repaired may be almost full at repair time. Thus it would be
un-repairable. That's why mkfs creates a lost+found directory
*and allocates quite a lot entries there*.

Of course, if you assume your power never fails and use a very good
UNIX variant and never do issue wrong commands, you may well delete
lost+found and save a few Ks :)