> > Hi. While doing a scan of disk usage, I noticed the following > > oddity. > > I have a directory of files (named file.dat for this example) that > > all > > appear as ~1.5GB when using 'ls -l', but that (correctly) appear as > > ~250KB > > files when using 'ls -s' or du commands: > > These are probably just sparse files. Nothing to be alarmed about.
or very tightly compressed files (like those from a dd if=/dev/zero). du and ls -ls will show how much is stored - ls -l will show the theoretical file size. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 r...@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
