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cgd@broadcom.com wrote:
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> In particular, note that:
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> > (FWIW, Linux ls(1) reports
> > 516k -rw-------  1 jschauma cs 512k Aug  5 14:54 /var/tmp/foo
> > whatever that's supposed to mean.)
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> Is not very strange at all, and really is the obvious answer to the
> question:
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> when -s is used in combination with -h, have the -s ("storage
> consumed", if you will) value be shown in a human readable form,
> rather than that not-human-friendly 512 byt block count.

Ok, fair enough.  So why doesn't our ls(1) do that, then?

-Jan

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