Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:19:55 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Tomas Svensson <tsn@gbdev.net>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/34834: "fix" of du(1) and -h Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020212141136.00bfa950@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200202121400.g1CE04u11713@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Hi, > CJC> 'k' is generally used for multiples of 1000. 'K' is used for multiples > CJC> of 1024. Sticking with 'K' is prefered except possibly for the '-H' > CJC> option of df(1). But it seems like a lot of trouble to change that one > CJC> case to 'k'. > > Yes you're right, change the 'k' to 'K'. Just because 3-4 people told > me that 'k' was right, I assumed that they were correct. *ALL* the standard one-letter prefixes strictly denote powers of 10, so being precious over k/K doesn't really help much. See http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html and http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html for the applicable standards. -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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