On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 03:32:17PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 03:28:47PM -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > > ls -l /var/log/lastlog > > -r-------- 1 root root 1254130450140 Jun 7 14:44 /var/log/lastlog > > > > du /var/log/lastlog > > 60 /var/log/lastlog > > > > What does this mean? > > That you're running on a 64-bit OS that supports sparse files. > (hint: du -h /var/log/lastlog) Duh, my eyes somehow completely missed your second sentence. Apologies. In short: the empty parts of the file dont take up any diskspace. Dave