On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 08:34, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:43:42 -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote: > > > I was testing UDF on CDRW yesterday and noticed that du and ls do not > > agree on the size of /var/log/lastlog. This is an ext3 file system. > > > > # du -s /var/log/lastlog > > 52 /var/log/lastlog > > > > # ls -l /var/log/lastlog > > -r-------- 1 root root 19136220 Jun 8 06:32 /var/log/lastlog > > -snip- > > Sort of a Linux related FAQ. A hint to get you on the right track: > > cp --sparse=never /var/log/lastlog /var/tmp > du -h /var/tmp/lastlog Thanks. Also, man du indicates a --apparent-size option which will generate correct feedback for /var/log/lastlog. This option is new since RH9. Which is correct, as to actual file system utilization? Bob...
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