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Deleting large files
Authored by: dbs on Oct 19, '07 01:26:23PM

I'd guess your filesystem was corrupted before you tried to delete it. You can try fsck or DiskUtility, but your best bet is DiskWarrior. There is no reason filesize should make a difference for the type of journaling Apple does as far as I know. My understanding is that it journals the catalog data, not the file data. So it will write to the journal "starting delete of file x" and then when file x finishes deleting it will write "deleted file x". That shouldn't matter how big the file is, unless it's journaling data regarding the fragments. I don't know the answer to that.



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