Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:18:16 +0930 (CST) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: andrew@ugh.net.au Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: File Size (quota.user) Message-ID: <199708070648.QAA12945@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807162313.13162E-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au> from "andrew@ugh.net.au" at "Aug 7, 97 04:28:46 pm"
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andrew@ugh.net.au writes: > On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Not if the file is full up to the point indicated by the 'size' >> parameter. In this case, you have a file with holes in it--something >> is allocated at the end, and possibly somewhere else, but there are >> areas in the address space which aren't allocated. > > So the file starts at point x, finishes at point y. ls -l gives y-x but > the others give actual used space? Correct. Of course, it could consist of a number of disparate parts (like start at the beginning, go for a while, skip for a while, go for a while, skip for a while, go for a while). About the only thing you can be sure of is that the last block is allocated. Greg
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