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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Mark Allen Grubbs, Round Rock, TX (US);
Gunisha Madan, Austin, TX (US);
Gerald Francis Mcbrearty, Austin, TX (US);
Grover Herbert Neuman, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Allen Grubbs, Round Rock, TX (US);
Gunisha Madan, Austin, TX (US);
Gerald Francis McBrearty, Austin, TX (US);
Grover Herbert Neuman, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Computer implemented method, system and computer program product for shrinking a file system in a data processing system. A computer implemented method for shrinking a file system in a data processing system includes designating an amount by which a file system comprised of a plurality of contiguous blocks is to be shrunk, and removing at least one contiguous intermediate block of the plurality of contiguous blocks from the file system to shrink the file system by the designated amount.