I don't know whether this is a known problem or I'm just failing to interpret the results from du correctly. This is running on Win98: sholden@THINKER ~/.ncftp $ du --version du (GNU fileutils) 4.0 sholden@THINKER ~/.ncftp $ ls -l total 31 -rw-r--r-- 1 sholden unknown 167 Feb 8 17:56 bookmarks -rw-r--r-- 1 sholden unknown 4064 Feb 8 17:39 firewall -rw-r--r-- 1 sholden unknown 358 Feb 8 17:56 history -rw-r--r-- 1 sholden unknown 146 Feb 8 17:40 init_v3 -rw-r--r-- 1 sholden unknown 4977 Feb 8 17:53 log -rw-r--r-- 1 sholden unknown 468 Feb 8 17:56 prefs_v3 -rw-r--r-- 1 sholden unknown 49581 Feb 8 17:56 trace sholden@THINKER ~/.ncftp $ du -ab 512 ./init_v3 2048 ./firewall 2560 ./log 512 ./history 512 ./bookmarks 25088 ./trace 512 ./prefs_v3 31744 . This seems difficult to reconcile to me: is du just unreliable under Cygwin? regards Steve Holden -- Tools, training and technology to help you meet your information needs _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils