* Chakravarthi V S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-07-31 11:05 +0200]:
> Why is this difference in size of the directory reported by "ls -l"
> command

The "filesize" of a directory depends on the number and total length of
all filenames and directory-names it's holding directly.

> though both share the same parent directory?

The parent directory has nothing to do with that.

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