bug#35488: Feature du --files-only request

2019-05-02 Thread L A Walsh
On 4/29/2019 4:36 AM, David Ellenberger wrote: > Dear maintainers > > I understand that admins have become accustomed to see 4096 in directories > as it's consistent with the ls command and the technicality behind it. > --- Except that it isn't 4096 on all file systems. For empty directorie

bug#35488: Feature du --files-only request

2019-04-29 Thread David Ellenberger
Dear maintainers As you're probably aware, du --apparent-size calculates/reports 1 file system block for a [empty] folder (typically 4096 bytes). I find that a bit inconsistent with what the option suggests. The manual entry to --apparent-size doesn't help the understanding. >From a practical poi