Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:50:30 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Always mystified by this. /stand file sizes Message-ID: <20021202065030.GB4506@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20021202063814.GA580@raggedclown.net> References: <20021202063814.GA580@raggedclown.net>
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On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:38:15AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson typed:
> 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
^^^^
Look at the hard link count (31). It's just one binary, which will behave differently
depending on the name you call it by.
> ..
> 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
>
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