The obvious culprit would be hard links. ~mark James Wilkinson wrote: :: Michael Mansour asked about copying 79 GB of data and it ending up as :: 120 odd GB. :: :: You can also use :: cd /data01 :: for i in * ; do du -sk "$i" "/data02/$i" ; done | more :: to compare directory by directory where the size increase has :: occurred. :: :: Then you can drill down using variants of the same command line. :: :: HTH, :: :: James. :: :: -- :: E-mail address: james@ | "The US Air Force is removing harmful :: "greenhouse" westexe.demon.co.uk | gases from the cooling systems :: of intercontinental | ballistic missiles. :: This will minimise damage to the | ozone :: layer in the event of a nuclear holocaust." | :: -- The Guardian. :: :: :: -- :: fedora-list mailing list :: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx :: To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list