[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: mention why stat would show two blocks for one byte file
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: mention why stat would show two blocks for one byte file |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:26:49 +0100 |
Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Nowhere on the stat or du info pages can the user figure out why
> $ echo>y; stat y
> File: `y'
> Size: 1 Blocks: 2 IO Block: 4096 regular file
> shows Blocks: 2. Ah, I know, stat is counting blocks by 512 bytes, but
> du counts them as 1024, which indeed must be how big they are as that
> is how big mkdir x; ls -l x will say. IO Block must be unreacted to
> what we are talking about here, by the way. Perhaps also delve into
> what you mean by IO Block on the stat info page.
> Anyways, the stat info page does not go into block size discussions or
> footnotes. stat must be like tar where 512 is mentioned. So the onus
> is on you to say on the stat info and man pages just what block sizes
> you are talking about, lest we be perceived as, urm, blockheads.
:-)
Thank you for the good suggestions.
It'd be great if you could submit a patch or two
implementing them.