Hi all, Can someone explain this please:
[root@ls1 log]$ ls -l /var/log/lastlog -r-------- 1 root root 1254130450140 May 13 16:41 /var/log/lastlog [root@ls1 log]$ du -sk /var/log/lastlog 48 /var/log/lastlog
I presume the 'ls' command output is wrong (1.2TBytes) but how do I get the real length in bytes?
They're both right. The file is 1254130450140 bytes long and is occupying 48k of space on your disk. Excellent compression, eh?
Google for "sparse files" (which is what this is) for an explanation.
Paul.
