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> Or on Lin*x, when's the last time you've had to look for the wreckage of files in the lost+found directory? Does anyone even remember what it's for? Files th
by Majromax 2y ago
> Or on Lin*x, when's the last time you've had to look for the wreckage of files in the lost+found directory? Does anyone even remember what it's for?
Files that still existed by reference to an orphaned inode, one that was not linked to from a directory entry.
The need for it greatly diminished with the widespread implementation of journaling filesystems.