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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: help: huge index file
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 01:51:59 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <26JAN199310483026@vtpwr2.psl.ee.vt.edu>
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- In article <26JAN199310483026@vtpwr2.psl.ee.vt.edu>, gharpure@vtpwr2.psl.ee.vt.edu (VASUDEV GHARPURE) writes:
- >
- > We have a vax cluster, with a VS3100/76 as the boot node,
- >running VMS 5.4-2. The boot node has a 1.0 GB external disk, used for
- >user files.
- >
- > I used this disk as a temprory storage for a large number of
- >files, which have since been deleted. But I am left with a huge index
- >file (about 31K blocks). The original file was about 5K blocks.
- >
- > How do I get the index file back to normal? What harm does it do
- >if it stays as it is?
-
- To get it back to a smaller size, you do a BACKUP, INITIALIZE, and restore of
- the disk. As to what harm it does, it takes up an extra 26K blocks on your
- disk. Unless you're really short of disk space, there's no need to do anything
- about it.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-