Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:45:42 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: du - It Doesn't Add Up? Message-ID: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF9D1@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF9CF@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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Thanks everyone. I now understand where my interpretation error was. Drew > -----Original Message----- > From: Drew Tomlinson [mailto:drewt@writeme.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 3:06 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) > Subject: du - It Doesn't Add Up? > > > I'm checking disk usage with the du command. I'm getting the > following > output: > > 117 Blacksheep# du -hc /etc > 97K /etc/defaults > 32K /etc/periodic/daily > 11K /etc/periodic/weekly > 3.0K /etc/periodic/monthly > 47K /etc/periodic > 4.0K /etc/ssh > 9.0K /etc/ssl > 2.0K /etc/gnats > 34K /etc/isdn > 1.0K /etc/kerberosIV > 148K /etc/mail > 44K /etc/mtree > 10.0K /etc/namedb > 5.0K /etc/ppp > 1.0K /etc/skel > 17K /etc/uucp > 12M /etc > 12M total > > If I add up the numbers, I only get a total of 462K, not 12M > as indicated. > What am I missing? > > Thanks, > > Drew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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