> Apparently the kernel uses more bytes than it needs blocks for? 

I've got these 3 files lurking....

2097680 -rw-r--r--  1 dsl   users  1073479680 Feb 20 18:59 image
 274800 -rw-r--r--  1 dsl   users  1073479680 Feb  7 09:43 image.sv
     48 -rw-r--r--  1 dsl   users  1073479680 Feb  7 14:46 image1

> Second, since -m and -g are nonportable anyway, why not let -k take an
> argument?  That way, -km, -kg, -kt, etc. work (with -k retaining its
> current meaning).  

You can't do that, arguments are not allowed to be optional.

	David

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