[vschitturi]

hi,

How can we increase the size of the directory in linux. Is there any command for that and also can we increase the size of the root partition(/ - file system)? If this is possible could anyone help me please.

Thank you for your valuable time.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi vschitturi,

You are really interested in increasing the partition size for the root partition - not a directory size (don't confuse the two).

Use gparted which you may already have in your Linux distribution or get it from one of the links here: Gparted.

It probably requires the use of the Gparted Live CD, so the OS filesystem would not be mounted to perform the resizing operation.

-- Tom

[vschitturi]

hi lotus,

Thank you very much for the reply. I am sorry for not questioning correctly actually i want a command which helps me to increase the directory size in linux.

Could u please help me.

Awaiting for your reply.

Thank you for your time.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi vschitturi,

I know of no command, once a filesystem is created, that will increase the size of a directory.

Files (contents) are identified not by their name which is recorded in the directory file, but by what is called an inode number also recorded in the directory. It is possible to "run out" of inodes. When this happens, you cannot add data to the device, even though there may be free space available. Read about inodes here. There is a link at the end of that inode webpage to an article on the topic: The Linux Virtual File-system Layer: Inodes and Operations which you should also read for familiarity.

When this occurs, you may have to backup the contents of a partition to another disk, resize the partition given there exists more space on the original disk, and then restore the backup into the newly resized partition.

-- Tom

[vschitturi]

hi lotus,

Thank you very much for your reply.