On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:49:56PM +0200, Jean-G?rard Pailloncy wrote: > Hi, > > I have a mail server that suffers a strange size for /var/db/spamd. > > # ls -l /var/db/spamd > -rw------- 1 _spamd _spamd 167657472 Oct 6 19:45 /var/db/spamd > # spamdb | wc -l > 16784 > > 167 Mbytes for 16784 entries... > > The box is a little old: OpenBSD 4.1 (stable) > > Any solution ? appart upgrading (planned) > > JG
berkeley db files appear larger than they are: it uses sparse files. Check with ls -S or du for the actual blocks used. -Otto