A simple question but mystifying for me: "Why would a device file in RH ES 4 have a non-zero size" Context: The device file in question has been created by an rsync backup. The original device file (e.g. /dev/agpgart) as seen through stat(1) shows: Size: 0 Blocks: 0 "character special file" The copy of the device file (e.g. /var/archive/hourly.0/foomachine/dev/agpgart) as seen through stat(1) shows: Size: 0 Blocks: 8 "character special file" This is a pure ext2/ext3 filesystem question actually. Why should ext2 allocate 8 blocks to a file that is in essence just an inode? This phenomenon is common to all the device file copies. All of them are 8 blocks large. I check the filesystem with ext2fsck: no problems found. Anyone who can help me scratch this itch? Best regards, -- David -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
