Topic: ext4

• Line endings, encodings and paths: what breaks when a file moves between operating systems

  CRLF versus LF, the inconsistent encoding defaults of Windows PowerShell 5.1 versus BOM-less UTF-8 in PowerShell 7, EBCDIC on IBM mainframe-family systems, and filesystems that disagree about case sensitivity and maximum path length: a checklist of what to verify before assuming a text file or a path behaves the same way on a different OS.

  article · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

• Growing an LVM logical volume and its filesystem online without unmounting

  lvextend -r resizes a logical volume and its filesystem in one step while it stays mounted, calling xfs_growfs or resize2fs as appropriate. XFS filesystems can only ever grow, never shrink; this methodology covers the online-growth path for both.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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