What is /.journal?

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 01:26:15PM -0700, karlp at ourldsfamily.com wrote:
> It's a fairly Large file created when I upgraded to RH v8.0 from 7.0 in
> the root directory.
> 
> I don't see anything attached to it with fuser, but it is also
> un-removable...

I don't think you want to remove that.  I think that's the journal for
the ext3 / filesystem.  That's how it regains its sanity if it's
rebooted or powered down without a proper shutdown.

> Oh, and to Rick et al. Merry Christmas and thanks for being there when I
> need help.
> 
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> karl
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Merry Christmas,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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