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Expand discussion of the -D option in e2fsck's man page
Add an explanation of how e2fsck might decide to optimize a few directories even without the -D option being specified. Addresses-Debian-Bug: #441872 Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>bitmap-optimize
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@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ try to optimize all directories, either by reindexing them if the
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filesystem supports directory indexing, or by sorting and compressing
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filesystem supports directory indexing, or by sorting and compressing
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directories for smaller directories, or for filesystems using
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directories for smaller directories, or for filesystems using
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traditional linear directories.
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traditional linear directories.
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Even without the
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.B \-D
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option,
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.B e2fsck
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may sometimes optimize a few directories --- for example, if
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directory indexing is enabled and a directory is not indexed and would
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benefit from being indexed, or if the index structures are corrupted
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and need to be rebuilt. The
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.B \-D
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option forces all directories in the filesystem to be optimized. This can
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sometimes make them a little smaller and slightly faster to search, but
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in practice, you should rarely need to use this option.
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.TP
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.TP
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.BI \-E " extended_options"
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.BI \-E " extended_options"
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Set e2fsck extended options. Extended options are comma
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Set e2fsck extended options. Extended options are comma
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