Re: file size different from ls to du

From: Drew Eckhardt (drew_at_PoohSticks.ORG)
Date: 07/29/03

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    To: Bogdan TARU <bgd@icomag.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:24:03 -0600

    In message <20030729171356.M2453-100000@fw.office.icom>, bgd@icomag.de writes:
    >(17:13) bgd@(bgd)[~/temp] ls -alsh my_file
    >19120 -rw-r--r-- 1 root bgd 763M Jul 29 16:56 my_file
    >(17:13) bgd@(bgd)[~/temp] du -sh my_file
    > 19M my_file
    >
    > So the 'ls -alsh' shows a file in size of 763M, but 19M of sectors are
    >really 'occupied'. Can someone explain, please?

    unix files can be sparse. 

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