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Re: "du -k" and "du -b" inconsistent output
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: "du -k" and "du -b" inconsistent output |
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Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:50:16 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Miguel Barão <address@hidden> writes:
> This not a bug but rather an inconsistent output between these two du
> options,
> which is not documented in the manpages.
Maybe you're using an old version of the man pages? The current
version says this:
-b, --bytes
equivalent to `--apparent-size --block-size=1'
and the "--apparent-size" explains the behavior you're seeing.