On 9/24/07, Adil Mujeeb <mujeeb.adil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > adil@test:~> ls -lh test > -rw-r--r-- 1 adil group 2.0G 2007-09-24 23:51 test > adil@test:~> du -h test > 2.1G test <--------------------- why it is showing 2.1 GB > > I could not understand this difference. Could anybody explain this > behavioour? > Your right, this is not a kernel issue. It is simply a display issue. In particular, I would guess it is a GB vs. GiB issue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte ie. "ls" is reporting Gibibytes and "du" is reporting Gigabytes. Over time more and more user-level apps moving to the nomenclature described at Wikipedia. (In this case neither is using Wikipedia endorsed suffixes of GB / GiB). Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
