Re: file size different from ls to du

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Drew Eckhardt <drew@PoohSticks.ORG>
Date
29 Jul 2003 08:24:06
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Re: file size different from ls to du
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200307291524.h6TFO3J06998@revolt.poohsticks.org

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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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