----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysi...@gmail.com>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 1:06 AM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:06:29 -0400, Jay Ashworth said: > [snip] > > I'll let the perpetrator, Richard Stallman, explain. It was a > > kerfluffle > > regarding whether /bin/du should use units of 1,000 or 1024. > > > > http://karmak.org/archive/2003/01/12-14-99.epl.html > > It's not 1024 vs 1000; it's 1024 vs 512. > > If it's "du" or "df"; the display is supposed to be the number of > 512-Byte blocks..... [ ... ] > If you set POSIXLY_CORRECT in the environment, they will show in 512 > byte blocks, or the disk sector size in bytes, instead, like they > are "supposed to" Yes, but Valdis' "politically correct" reference goes to the original name of the environment variable, which I once knew, but had forgotten, was POSIX_ME_HARDER. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274