On Monday 06 November 2006 13:22, Tim wrote: > Looking at a reference to the man file for ls, that DID NOT come from > FC, I see the following information: > > For each directory that is listed, preface the files with a line > `total blocks', where blocks is the total disk allocation for > all files in that directory. The block size currently defaults > to 1024 bytes, but this can be overridden (see section 2.2 Block > size). The blocks computed counts each hard link separately; > this is arguably a deficiency. > > <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_chapter/coreutils_10.htm >l> Hello Tim, Thank you very much for pointing me to the right direction. It took me a while to absorb it. After further observation: - Each directory entry takes 4 blocks (depends on filesystem formatting). - The 'total' also counts for space taken by files, thus it also means the disk usage. CMIIW, -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 9:07am up 0:59, 2.6.16.13-4-default GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org
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