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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2009
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
Illustrative embodiments disclose shrinking a file system in a data processing system by designating an amount by which the file system stored in a memory and comprised of a plurality of contiguous logical blocks is to be shrunk. At least one contiguous intermediate logical block of the plurality of contiguous logical blocks from the file system is removed to shrink the file system by the designated amount. A record is maintained indicating a first intermediate logical block of the at least one contiguous intermediate logical block at which the removing starts, and a last intermediate logical block of the at least one contiguous intermediate logical block at which the removing ends.