Re: Total in ls -la

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Fajar Priyanto:
>> 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?


Jeff Vian: 
> That is the size of the directory and its contents in kB.  It is
> displayed with all 'ls' output using the -l flag.

Are you sure about that?  I couldn't find any reference inside Fedora
about it.  Something else, more general about Linux, said it was in
"blocks."

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