Re: REDUCING SIZE OF EA FILE

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From: Roderick W. Smith
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 00:00

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In message <6t+Kyk5K8PcM089yn@ozemail.com.au> - robdel@ozemail.com.au (Robert De
Lazzari)Tue, 03 Sep 1996 18:25:30 +1000 writes:
> 
> My EA file is in the order of 22 Megs. I am using a FAT formatted 
> HD and OS2 Warp.

Without knowing the size of the partition or how many files have EAs, it's hard
to say if this is excessive, but my hunch is it's normal.

> Can I safely reduce the size of the EA file? If yes, how and what 
> should I use to achieve this?

It's possible that OS/2's CHKDSK will help some, but probably not by that much. 
Removing EAs from files that don't need them (with the EAUTIL command -- check
OS/2's command reference) may also help, but identifying what files have EAs may
be tricky.  Converting to HPFS is the best way to reduce the amount of disk
space devoted to EAs.

> E-Mail:- robdel@ozemail.com.au

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Date: 1996/09/04
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