>T. Horsnell wrote: >> 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. Perfect. http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~thain/library/sparse.pdf reveals all. Thanks, T. > >Paul. > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
