Defrag Software (unnecessary?)

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Fri May 20 06:42:05 UTC 2005


On Thu, 19 May 2005 23:16:58 -0700
Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:

> René L. Reingard wrote:
> 
> > Am Fri, 20 May 2005 07:58:07 +0200 schrieb Vincent Trouilliez  
> > <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr>:
> >
> > Thats fine Vince, lets see what others know to tell about. René
> >
> >> When I switched to Linuw 12 month ago, this was my first question !
> >> I was told that there were no software to defrag in Linux, and that the
> >> file system was inherently much less prone to fragmentation in the first
> >> place.
> >> Basically, I was told not to worry about it.
> >>
> >> Then again, that was 12 month ago, and Linux is moving so fast,
> >> things/opinions might have changed in the meantime ??
> >>
> >> Vince
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Listen to Vince.  8^))
> 
> HTH
> 
> Vram

I agree with Vince, and I've never defragged a drive in Linux. On the other hand, such a program *does* exist, and its name is, wait for it..........   
(drum roll................ )

(dramatic pause........)

"defrag" !

See " apt-cache show defrag"   ;-)

Can't see the point personally, but no doubt it has its uses?

Peter




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