Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:01 +1000 | From | Chris Jones <> | Subject | Re: Linux source tree size difference issue |
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On 05/18/2013 05:44 AM, Roland Eggner wrote: > > $ LC_ALL=C du --help | grep -E -e 'apparent|sparse|fragmentation' > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --apparent-size print apparent sizes, rather than disk usage; although > the apparent size is usually smaller, it may be > larger due to holes in ('sparse') files, internal > fragmentation, indirect blocks, and the like > -b, --bytes equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1' >
Thanks Roland. I figured it out in the end. Things were not as bad as they first seemed.
Regards
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Chris Jones
Founder and Lead Software Architect Paradise Software chrisjones@spin.net.au
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