> 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).
Thanks for quick reply.
Where could i get the list of commands about the output display unit (GB / GiB)?
Rgds,
Adil
