ext3 weirdness

[CaT <cat@zip.com.au>]

Why would this:

while true; do dd if=/dev/zero of=foo count=100 bs=10000; rm foo; done

Produce the following result?

...
100+0 records in
100+0 records out
100+0 records in
100+0 records out
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
70+0 records in
69+0 records out
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
...
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
dd: writing `foo': No space left on device
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
100+0 records in
100+0 records out
100+0 records in
100+0 records out
...


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Martin's distress was in contrast to the bitter satisfaction of some
of his fellow marines as they surveyed the scene. "The Iraqis are sick
people and we are the chemotherapy," said Corporal Ryan Dupre. "I am
starting to hate this country. Wait till I get hold of a friggin' Iraqi.
No, I won't get hold of one. I'll just kill him."
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