defrag

[Lowell Gilbert]

Norberto Meijome <freebsd at meijome.net> writes:

> On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:22:32 +0100 (CET)
> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at tensor.3miasto.net> wrote:
>
>> backup+restore will be defrag
>
> you mean : backup, format, (reinstall if needed, depending on method of backup)
> and restore - or simply restore on top (if you backed up everything and can
> access your drive offline).
>
> simply overwriting the existing files won't change anything, would it? You'd
> need a clean slate to do a defrag this way...

Right.  That's what the "-r" flag to restore(8) is for.