[clue-tech] ls -l and ls -s reporting different sizes

David L. Willson DLWillson at TheGeek.NU
Mon Nov 3 18:27:26 MST 2008


I've seen slight differences before, but this is ridiculous!  ls -l and ls -s are reporting dramatically different sizes for this file.  What do you make of this?  How do ls -l and ls -s calculate sizes?

[root at zimbra zimbra]# ls -l ./openldap-data/__db.002
-rw------- 1 zimbra zimbra 65544192 Oct 27 14:51 ./openldap-data/__db.002
[root at zimbra zimbra]# ls -s ./openldap-data/__db.002
1276 ./openldap-data/__db.002
[root at zimbra zimbra]# ls -lh ./openldap-data/__db.002
-rw------- 1 zimbra zimbra 63M Oct 27 14:51 ./openldap-data/__db.002
[root at zimbra zimbra]# ls -sh ./openldap-data/__db.002
1.3M ./openldap-data/__db.002
[root at zimbra zimbra]# 


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