Linux is fairly up to date on standards, it would seem. I've already
noted on this mail list that many commands have an option that causes
file and directory sizes to be given with SI prefixes and in the SI
sense, that is as decimal prefixes. Usually the option is indicated by
'--si'.
I was doing some backup work on my desktop system at home and noticed
that the user can split backup tarballs ('.tgz' files) up into various
sizes to allow for the size of the storage media. The directions remind
the user that "1 kB = 1000 Bytes, 1 kiB = 1024 Bytes, etc." The internal
html package description page (i.e., not on the web) states:
"User defined size can be entered as number of bytes,
kilobytes, etc. Units with 'i' in their abbreviation
are power of 2, units without 'i' are power of 10 --
1 kB is 1000 bytes, 1kiB is 1024 bytes, etc. Number
can be entered in floating point format, values 1e3
bytes or 0.5 MiB are valid. Tar writes files in 10 kiB
blocks (default), so created volumes can be slightly
smaller then entered value."
Jim
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Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!"
James R. Frysinger, LCAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charleston, SC 29407 phone: 843.225.6789
