> The program "ls" for checking file information > does not show correct block size of directories. > > I have "ls" version 4.0.36 installed with RedHat > Linux 7.1. When I use "ls -khl" to check block > size of dirctories in my account, it showed every > directory having the same size as 4.0k. Actually, > some directories have much bigger block size.
The ls command is reporting the size of the directory file and NOT the amount of disk space used withing a directory hierarchy. 4096 sounds typical for basic directory sizes. That is a basic chunk size and a variable number of files may be listed there. Try the following command to get disk usage information: du -sh * Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
