You say that e2fsck did not found problems. What is the file size after e2fsck? E2fsck may clear the file size without informing the user about the correction. The non-zero sizes of device files are not allowed on EXT2 filesystem. According to the e2fsprogs documentation such a situation (non-zero size of a device file) should be found and corrected since e2fsprogs version 1.19. >From the e2fsck ver. 1.19 (July 13, 2000) documentation: "E2fsck now checks if special devices have a non-zero size, and offers to clear the size field if it finds such an inode." Alexey Fadyushin. Brainbench MVP for Linux. http://www.brainbench.com. > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tonhofer, m-plify S.A. > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:46 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Why would a device file in RH ES 4 have a non-zero size > > 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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
