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As far as I know, no filesystem will take a block to store an empty file, are you sure you used touch and that you didn't edit the file and then saved it? If the file has a single byte inside, that's enough to make it significant, and hence, it will take a whole fs block (what stat calls IO Block).
I tested this same stuff (also on ext3) and empty files take 0 bytes, as far as I know it has always been the same for me. So I am not sure what to think.
I tested this same stuff (also on ext3) and empty files take 0 bytes, as far as I know it has always been the same for me. So I am not sure what to think.
I don't understand what are you wanting to say with that.
If you edit the file then the file length might not be zero anymore, it depends on what your editor is doing. "touch" by default creates an zero-length file which shouldn't take any block in your disk.
I don't understand what are you wanting to say with that.
If you edit the file then the file length might not be zero anymore, it depends on what your editor is doing. "touch" by default creates an zero-length file which shouldn't take any block in your disk.
i think so.but my system create a empty file take 8 block in my disk.
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