SYKLB%NASAGISS.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu ( Ken Bell) (10/04/90)
> From- David Barts <davidb@pacer.uucp> > Subject- du(1) returns funny sizes > As you can see, running du on the remote system reports only half > as many blocks as there really are. The reverse is true if we > run du on a Solbourne directory--du reports the correct number > of blocks on the Solbourne, but reports twice as many as there > really are when run from the HP. My wild guess would be that the blocksize on the two machines differs by a factor of, oh, say, two. And count me for a "YES" vote on renaming to "comp.unix.gizzards". Acknowledge-To: <SYKLB@NASAGISS>