Re: disk defragmenting

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Subject: Re: disk defragmenting
From: Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:42:35 -0700
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 195078C536DA9D489A30B309580DFCC13D5761@doimail.optronics.co.za> (Tshepang Lekhonkhobe's message of "Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:49:07 +0200")
References: <[🔎] 195078C536DA9D489A30B309580DFCC13D5761@doimail.optronics.co.za>

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"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang.lekhonkhobe@deneloptronics.co.za> writes:

> Is there any defragmenting tool in any distro?

Not anymore.

> and if not why?

Modern filesystems are designed to minimize fragmentation in the first
place.  The need for a seperate, user-space defragger is the hallmark
of a poorly designed filesystem.
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