On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 11:16 +0700, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Hello guys, > I'm curious when we do 'ls -la', what does 'total' mean? Is it the amount of > directory, files, or else? > > Example: > pwd > /tmp/testls/dir1 > > ls -la > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 fajar users 4096 2006-11-06 11:12 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 fajar users 4096 2006-11-06 11:12 .. > > What 'total 8' stands for? > Thank you very much. That is the size of the directory and its contents in kB. It is displayed with all 'ls' output using the -l flag. > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
