Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-utils
I've noticed the baobab (aka Disk Usage Analyzer) is not reporting sizes of
directories correctly.
I my particular case all scanned subfolders are readable (and even writable)
for user, so that is not a problem.
>From what I can tell, it calculates the size by scanning it's largest
>sub-folders and summing them up.
This however leads to errors, when there exist large number of smaller
directories of files one or more levels down. The calculations apparently
discard these as unimportant, yet those numbers add up and may make quite a
difference.
I've attached a screenshot to this bug.
Focus your attention on "misc" size in baobab vs. nautilus.
And also "windisk" size against Volume size in misc's properties. (there is
only 5 GiB free)
I think the size calculation must be adjusted (even if that would mean longer
scanning times).
Accuracy is more important than speed.
** Affects: gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Baobab reports incorrect sizes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341141
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