Sparse file. The file has holes in it: # cd /var/log # ls -lh lastlog -r-------- 1 root root 577M Mar 29 12:52 lastlog # du -h lastlog 20K lastlog Remember to use -S when tar'ing a file like this :-)
thanks - that seems to be it!! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos