From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 1 22:38:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0212937B401 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 22:38:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E6EE43ECF for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 22:38:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18IkDq-000Ke2-00 for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 06:38:26 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 10278CFF for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:38:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 2C636C7E for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:38:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 0C9DB225CC; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:38:15 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:38:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Always mystified by this. /stand file sizes Message-ID: <20021202063814.GA580@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have been meaning to ask this since I started using FreeBSD but have never dared to, since I thought I ought to know :) Excerpt from /stand -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 -sh -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 [ -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 arp -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 boot_crunch -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 cpio -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 dhclient .. etc What does this mean all these things of size 1865544. And where is /stand exactly ? It certainly isn't taking up all this space on root... I feel today is the day I will finally know...I have given up trying to work it out. Please feel free to chastise me .. as someone who has worked on Unix systems for a long time, I feel I should know... -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message