why is the size of a directory always 1024b ?

MURALI N (murali.n@tatainfotech.com)
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:46:52 +0530 (IST)

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Hello,
I want to know if there is any significant reason why the size of
each directory ( ext2fs) is reported as 1024b ( or a multiple of 1024).
murali

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