Re: when is a block not a block?

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From: Kim DeVaughn
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 08:44

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In article <6321@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> In article <d8zg02JJ01bI01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> ked01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
> > While I understand that other such "oddities" may well arise in the future,
> > what bothers me is not being able to ask the filesystem for the *true* info
> > in a supported way.
> 
> *which* filesystem?

Whichever filesystem is being addressed at the time.

There *is* a field in the FIB called fib_NumBlocks.  What I would like is for
that field to accurately reflect the actual number of blocks allocated (or
some algorithmic variation thereof) by a file, at the time it is interrogated.

That, and that a filesystem *document* what that field "means" in its own
context.

/kim
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From: ked01@ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
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Subject: Re: when is a block not a block?
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Date: 10 Aug 90 08:44:08 GMT
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