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Roderick W. Smith wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

I have 4 Fat partitions on my system all about 150Mb in size -- the largest 
ea data. sf is 1.6 Mb and the sum for the 4 partitions is less than 3Mb.  I would, 
therefore, suggest that yours is EXCESSIVE!


> > 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.
> 

Of late I have chosen to ignore the size of these files.  But when I was concerned 
about it the only way I was able to reduce the sixe of them was to backup the 
contents of the partition, (re) format it and then restore the data to it.  

This presumes that your backup program is "OS/2 ea-aware."

 
Steve Behman
<sbehman@ibm.net>