Alan Curry wrote: > Why not let the -c total be correct *and* the -s individual numbers also be > correct for the names they are next to? Like this: > > $ mkdir a b ; echo hello > a/a ; ln a/a b/b ; du -cs a b > 8 a > 8 b > 12 total > > The fact that the numbers on the left don't add up means there is less > redundancy in the output. Each number actually tells me something you can't > derive from the others. There is higher information content. This is good, > not bad.
I like this idea. +1 Bob
