Re: "du -k" and "du -b" inconsistent output

[Andreas Schwab]

Miguel Barão <address@hidden> writes:

> It seems that du -b is returning the size of the file, and not the "disk 
> usage" of that file.

Yes, that's how it is documented.

      --apparent-size   print apparent sizes, rather than disk usage; although
                          the apparent size is usually smaller, it may be
                          larger due to holes in (`sparse') files, internal
                          fragmentation, indirect blocks, and the like
  -b, --bytes           equivalent to `--apparent-size --block-size=1'

Andreas.

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