Re: du size question

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/8/25 12:26 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:   -b, --bytes    equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1' I read that in the man page. I did not realize what it meant. And it is "obvious". Mumble Mumble. -- ___ users mailing

Re: du size question

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/8/25 12:08 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/7/25 11:37 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/7/25 9:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/7/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: So bytes or KB?  If I specify --bytes on the line, I get the apparent file size.  I am after the sparse size. Apparent

Re: du size question

2025-05-08 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/7/25 11:37 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/7/25 9:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/7/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: So bytes or KB?  If I specify --bytes on the line, I get the apparent file size.  I am after the sparse size. Apparent size defaults to KB. If you don't spe

Re: du size question

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 9:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/7/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: So bytes or KB?  If I specify --bytes on the line, I get the apparent file size.  I am after the sparse size. Apparent size defaults to KB. If you don't specify the units, there are various possibilities tha

Re: du size question

2025-05-07 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/7/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: So bytes or KB?  If I specify --bytes on the line, I get the apparent file size.  I am after the sparse size. Apparent size defaults to KB. If you don't specify the units, there are various possibilities that it could be, so you should specify s

Re: du size question

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 7:35 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, ToddAndMargo said: Hi All, Du sparse file question: $ du KVM-W10.raw KVM-W11.raw SparceFile 47_745_732 KVM-W10.raw 50_635_356 KVM-W11.raw 0SparceFile is that KB or just B? (Man p

Re: du size question

2025-05-07 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, ToddAndMargo said: > Hi All, > > Du sparse file question: > > $ du KVM-W10.raw KVM-W11.raw SparceFile > 47_745_732 KVM-W10.raw > 50_635_356 KVM-W11.raw > 0 SparceFile > > is that KB or just B? (Man page is no help.) $ man du