> :(3) Or maybe we can add a parameter to the filesytem, telling it to try to
> :preallocate some contiguous disk space for all directory files. I guess
> :that the cost per bit on disk is less than the cost per bit in memory.
>
> I believe the filesystem already does this.
>
The FFS tries to allocate space contiguously for any type of file. It
does not PRE-allocate disk space, which will result wasteage of disk space
if that space is not used later.
-Zhihui
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