Re: Renaming lost+found

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Rob Kaper wrote:

> If this is ext2 specific, just say so and I'll find a better list to discuss
> this: (any good ext2 lists available for example?)
> 
> Is there a way to rename lost+found ?? It bothers me to see it in ls all the
> time because 99.9% of my time it's just useless and I really think
> .lost+found (a hidden file) would make much more sense for daily use. I
> assume this would require some ext2 changes as well as a patch to e2fsck
> etc. (with backwards compatibility of course)

Get used to it. This is part of the Linux/Unix heritage!  A file-system
without a lost+found directory is like love without sex.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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