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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:21:00 -0400
From:      grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: `ls -l` shows size of file other than of the folder?
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>>> > The following creates a file with a size of 1024000002 (a gig)
>>> > fseek(stdout, 1000000*1024, SEEK_END);

>>> Nope :) What you have there is not actually called (anything).
>> It would maybe be called a MKiB. :-)

I'll buy that, if someone chips in the deuce :)

> In SI units it is called a gigabyte.

No, it's not called anything.

> Everyone knows what he talking about so playing semantic
> games is silly.

Rockets crash due to assumptions and trivializing semantics.

"That's why you never can stop learning in IT, and fighting
bad habits in all imaginable areas. :-)"

> Can we move on to real questions? :)

Ok :)



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