I think the minimum allocation unit is 8k in ext2fs. which means a 1 byte
file and a 8000 byte file both take the same storage space.
10000 -- 1 bytes files == 10K reported as used. but 10K * 8K used = 80K
used.
Thus your 5000K could have been 20000K allocated.
Vishal
(a thought)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Devdas Bhagat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 12:45 AM
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> Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Netscape cache
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>
> Exactly how bad is Netscape? My cache limit is 5000KB, however
> However, a rm -rf on the cache changed the amount of space
> occupied on the /
> partition by 60% (99% to 29%). Nothing else was removed.
> Any explanations?
>
> Devdas Bhagat
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