Re: [clug-talk] Disk Space Discrepancy

Robert Lewko Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:21:33 -0700

The other thing that accounts for space is what is called "internal fragmentation". "Internal Fragmentation" is the unused space at the end of the last block in a sequential file. This is especially true if there are lots of small files.

On 10/10/06, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

William Astle wrote:
> "du" will count all the files and folders, including the "hidden" ones
> that start with a ".". Nautilus probably isn't counting those.

Aha! That sounds reasonable to me. Thanks!

J

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