On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Peter Vereshagin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > 2012/06/14 00:23:25 +0400 Peter Vereshagin <[email protected]> => To > [email protected]: > > PV> ot the least how could I see the 'real' size of each of those files, both > ~150M > PV> actulally, with a system command? > > also, 'du' works that way for regular files. But implicitly I wanted about > ls's > key, thanks a lot guys!
Yes, the default for du is the actual disk usage, and "du -A" gives the apparent size. We run an OpenSolaris filer with on-the-fly compression, and I've occasionally had people express confusion after copying a large text file to it and finding the copy to be smaller than the original when viewed with 'du'. ;) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
