Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > 2009/6/1 Nils Kassube <[email protected]>: > > From "man du": > > | --si > > | like -h, but use powers of 1000 not 1024 > > Yeah but it uses incorrect prefix =( > > -h, --human-readable > print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) > > --si like -h, but use powers of 1000 not 1024 > > So the -h should use Ki Mi and Gi (am I getting this right?).
Good point. I suppose the output format is according to POSIX which predates the binary prefix standard. Changing the prefixes to Ki/Mi/Gi might break existing scripts which rely on the (wrong) k/M/G prefixes. Nils -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
