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Re: Maybe a bug


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: Maybe a bug
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:26:47 -0800
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"Jorge Bastos - Decimal" <address@hidden> writes:

> I used "du" in 2 formats, and the number os bytes doesn't correspond to the 
> number os megabytes.

As "du --help" explains, "du -b" is not the same thing as
"du --block-size=1".  It also sets the --apparent-size option,
which explains the discrepancy you observed.




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