[Bug 673536] Re: Delete "lost+found" folder automatically if it's empty

2011-09-24 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for e2fsprogs (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67

[Bug 673536] Re: Delete "lost+found" folder automatically if it's empty

2011-07-26 Thread Andrew McCarthy
Hi Simon, lost+found is not only re-created by e2fsck, but also when the filesystem is created. It's meant to be there in advance and left untouched at all times so that in normal operation there's no likely way a crash could break it. In a badly mangled situation, you don't really want e2fsck cre

[Bug 673536] Re: Delete "lost+found" folder automatically if it's empty

2010-11-11 Thread Simon
Thanks, I knew it but the purpose of this "feature request". In my case, every time e2fsck created this folder, IT REMAINS EMPTY AFTER THE CHECK. What's the purpose of this folder if it's empty? Would not it be better to delete if empty? -- Delete "lost+found" folder automatically if it's empty

[Bug 673536] Re: Delete "lost+found" folder automatically if it's empty

2010-11-11 Thread Theodore Ts'o
The lost+found folder is created so that e2fsck is guaranteed to have a place to stash "orphaned inodes" --- inodes which are not referenced by a directory. Hence lost+found is deliberately created with extra empty directory blocks to make sure that there will be space to drop the orphaned inodes

[Bug 673536] Re: Delete "lost+found" folder automatically if it's empty

2010-11-10 Thread Simon
Sorry, but how I can convert this to "feature request"? -- Delete "lost+found" folder automatically if it's empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673536 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-