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Re: du -b/-h wrong output


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: du -b/-h wrong output
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 09:37:24 +0200
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Михаил Котельников <address@hidden> writes:

> -h MUST be less than -b/10^x. It's greater.

You cannot compare these values like that.  For one, the value shown by
-h is reduced by powers of 1024.  Secondly, the value shown by -b uses
the apparent size of the file, which can differ greatly from the real
amount of space occupied by the file as use by -h.  See the options
--apparent-size and --si.

Andreas.

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