Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:11:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
Reply-To: pierre AT tycho DOT com
To: Mark Habersack <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
cc: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>,
        Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:

> > What's more, it might find disk errors and things while it's at it,
> > and raise suitable alerts.
> I agree here - the error detection would be nice. But, IMHO, it would be hard
> to make the defrag work in concert with swapfile managers and caches. I don't
> know... just my opinion...

Things like file system checking and defragmentation are things better
done while the file system is either unmounted or mounted read-only.

Pierre Phaneuf