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

[Charles W Downing]

David,

Using qalculate, I get 65544192/1024/1024 = 62.507 Mb.  Some people 
would round 62.507 up to 63, while an accountant would round down to 62.

Who knows for sure?

David L. Willson wrote:
> 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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Chuck Downing
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