-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/04/2010 05:21 AM, JD wrote: > I have two mounted disks, both ext3 mounted > as > /sdb1 > /sdc1 > > On /sdb1 I have a directory, let's call it dirx. > > 1. rm -rf /sdc1/dirx > > 2. cd /sdb1 > 3. tar cf - dirx | tar -C /sdc1 -xpf - > > Neither dir (/sdb1 and /sdc1) are not accessed by any programs other > than the tar program (and of course /sdb1 is the shell's CWD). > The shell's history file is in my home dir. > > After tar: > > 4. du -sk dirx /sdc1/dirx > 2904536 /sdc1/dirx > 2802124 dirx > > So, why this size inflation by 104MiB ? What is the filesystem block size on both file systems ? If the /sdc1 is ext2/3/4 with a block size of 4kb ( tune2fs -l will verify this), and if the source filesystem has a 1kb block size, then each file on the target filesystem may have an extra 1 to 3kb allocation of "usage". Just a thought. - -Greg - -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Please also check the log file at "/dev/null" for additional information. (from /var/log/Xorg.setup.log) | Greg Hosler ghosler@xxxxxxxxxx | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyByzAACgkQ404fl/0CV/TShQCbBZQaROT/V8VJ6RScYQJv9rzg +yQAn1XU7pJbd9RzU8iMiLVsxuj8nnu/ =S0KF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines