From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: du bug, wrong sizes reported. 25 Jan 1998 20:55:24 -0800 Message-ID: <19980126155358.06920.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <19980126041507.1174.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Earnie Boyd Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On 25-Jan-1998, Earnie Boyd wrote: > > Fergus Henderson : > > > >On 23-Jan-1998, Earnie Boyd wrote: > >> > >> "Bruce N. Hunsaker" : > >> > > >> >du reports sizes in 2k blocks. It should report sizes using > >> >a block size of 1k. > > > >> No. The default block size should be 512 bytes. > > > >Why? > > du --help > > type this command to get the answer. According to `man du' on Linux (corrsponding to GNU fileutils 3.12), it should report sizes using a block size of 1k, unless the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, in which case the default block size should be 512 bytes. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".