>
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ls -lh test
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 adil group 2.0G 2007-09-24 23:51 test
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> du -h test
> > 2.1G    test   <--------------------- why it is showing 2.1 GB
> >
> > I could not understand this difference. Could anybody explain this
> > behavioour?
> >
>
> Your right, this is not a kernel issue.  It is simply a display issue.
>
> In particular, I would guess it is a GB vs. GiB issue.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte
>
> ie. "ls" is reporting Gibibytes and "du" is reporting Gigabytes.
>
> Over time more and more user-level apps moving to the nomenclature
> described at Wikipedia.  (In this case neither is using Wikipedia
> endorsed suffixes of GB / GiB).


Thanks for quick reply.
Where could i get the list of commands about the output display unit (GB /
GiB)?

Rgds,
Adil

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