ripe.db.in.cl.* get large

Hi,

We're currently trying to break out own test-database (controlled
environment) too, though have not succeeded.

One point people missed is that I want ls -ls
(mind the -ls at the end); this shows how big the index
files really are

On Mon, 25 Sep 1995 11:17:02 +0100 (MET)  Willi Huber wrote:
> > 1. ls -ls of the files involved
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 huber     7143967 Sep 24 09:03 ripe.db.in
> -rw-r--r--  1 huber    222257152 Sep 24 11:37 ripe.db.in.cl.dir
> -rw-r--r--  1 huber    1728317440 Sep 24 11:37 ripe.db.in.cl.pag

We have:
6992 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm  7148193 Sep 25 11:14 ripe.db.in
  19 -rw-rw-rw-  1 auto-dbm    19185 Sep 25 10:25 ripe.db.in.0.0.0.0.0
  64 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm    65046 Sep 24 02:35 ripe.db.in.192.0.0.0.8
   4 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm     3350 Sep 24 02:32 ripe.db.in.192.109.0.0.16
   3 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm     2314 Sep 24 02:08 ripe.db.in.192.164.0.0.16
   4 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm     3252 Sep 24 02:18 ripe.db.in.192.165.0.0.16
   7 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm     7156 Sep 24 02:34 ripe.db.in.193.0.0.0.8
   4 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm     3391 Sep 24 02:33 ripe.db.in.193.100.0.0.15
   3 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm     2314 Sep 24 02:34 ripe.db.in.193.102.0.0.16
...
  96 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm   475136 Sep 25 10:50 ripe.db.in.cl.dir
6824 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm 1728316416 Sep 25 11:14 ripe.db.in.cl.pag
   4 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm     4096 Sep 24 02:22 ripe.db.in.dir
3024 -rw-r--r--  1 auto-dbm  8349696 Sep 25 11:14 ripe.db.in.pag

... as see, the dbm-files are not as big as they look at first.
For people unfamiliar with this, UNIX files can have 'holes' in them.
Blocks not written into are not allocated. A file made by
	open()
	fseek(16M)
	write(1 byte)
	close()
will not have a size of 16 Mbyte. 
For this reason, you cannot copy the index files using cp
(I think you all know, but just want to check)

Willi et all,
Can you send us ls -ls again?

Geert Jan
(still looking for the red wire in the database-timebomb)