On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For example, I have an image of a data CD in a single file. The actual > size of the logical file (as reported by "stat", "ls", and other tools) is > 526,397,440 bytes. However, the "du" utility says it uses 526,917,632 > bytes. That is a difference of 520,192 bytes, or almost half a megabyte.
if I remember correctly, it's that du gets the size in K and then if you ask for bytes, converts the K to bytes... but it's been awhile. Silly, I know... but that's what I recall learning in college. -- An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss