Hi Micheal
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Directory size display discrepency > > That actually looks pretty normal. Windows properties show two sizes > because it shows both the real size of a file (Size) and the amount of > space it's reserving on disk because of the cluster size (Size on Disk). > Your user will see the same thing looking at a small file or directory > in C:. I'm not sure how Windows handles the "size on disk" for a file > server, it probably either asks for it or guesses based on the total > size of the disk. In any case, it's normal to have different sizes > showing. Thanks for clearing that up - I did think that is was just a 'windows thing' but had to find out. > > I'm assuming that the directory contents actually do total around 33 > bytes. It's been a while since I used a DEC so I don't remember how its > "du" handles the size of small directories. If you use "ls -l" you'll > probably see that the directory shows 4096 as the size. > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:55:52AM +0100, Stephen Kitchener wrote: > > I would liek to ask the list if any one can explain why there should be > > a discrepency in the directory sizes that are displayed when I use > > explorer on Windows. This has been reported to me by a user, I have > > never seen this before as I dont use windows if I can help it :-)... > > > > When I slect properties of a directory it has two enties > > Size and Size on disk > > As an example size says 33 bytes, size on disk says 512kb and if I du a > > du -ks on the directory it reports 4 k. > > -- > Michael Heironimus -- Stephen M Kitchener Unix Systems Administrator EMEA APAC Supply Chain Division. AspenTech UK 1 Century Court, Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts, WD18 9PT TEL +44 (0) 1923 652125 FAX +44 (0) 1923 652215 EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB http://www.aspentech.com Aspenworld 2002 the premier global conference for process industry leaders October 27 - November 1, 2002 Register at http://www.aspenworld2002.com Contact For assistance, please contact Kristine Martin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba