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Date:      Thu, 10 May 2001 15:45:42 -0700
From:      Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>
To:        "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   RE: du - It Doesn't Add Up?
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Thanks everyone.  I now understand where my interpretation error was.

Drew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew Tomlinson [mailto:drewt@writeme.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 3:06 PM
> To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)
> Subject: du - It Doesn't Add Up?
> 
> 
> I'm checking disk usage with the du command.  I'm getting the 
> following
> output:
> 
> 117 Blacksheep# du -hc /etc
>  97K    /etc/defaults
>  32K    /etc/periodic/daily
>  11K    /etc/periodic/weekly
> 3.0K    /etc/periodic/monthly
>  47K    /etc/periodic
> 4.0K    /etc/ssh
> 9.0K    /etc/ssl
> 2.0K    /etc/gnats
>  34K    /etc/isdn
> 1.0K    /etc/kerberosIV
> 148K    /etc/mail
>  44K    /etc/mtree
> 10.0K   /etc/namedb
> 5.0K    /etc/ppp
> 1.0K    /etc/skel
>  17K    /etc/uucp
>  12M    /etc
>  12M    total
> 
> If I add up the numbers, I only get a total of 462K, not 12M 
> as indicated.
> What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Drew
> 
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