From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 1 22:49:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E32C737B401 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 22:49:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0719043EC5 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 22:49:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd-q@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB26oUsS004548; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:50:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from stable@ei.bzerk.org) Received: (from stable@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB26oUYJ004547; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:50:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:50:30 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Always mystified by this. /stand file sizes Message-ID: <20021202065030.GB4506@ei.bzerk.org> References: <20021202063814.GA580@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021202063814.GA580@raggedclown.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:38:15AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson typed: > I have been meaning to ask this since I started using FreeBSD but have > never dared to, since I thought I ought to know :) > Excerpt from /stand > > -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 -sh > -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 [ > -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 arp > -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 boot_crunch > -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 cpio > -r-xr-xr-x 31 root wheel 1865544 Sep 18 2001 dhclient ^^^^ Look at the hard link count (31). It's just one binary, which will behave differently depending on the name you call it by. > .. > etc > > What does this mean all these things of size 1865544. > And where is /stand exactly ? It certainly isn't taking up all > this space on root... > > I feel today is the day I will finally know...I have given up trying to > work it out. > > Please feel free to chastise me .. as someone who has worked on Unix > systems for a long time, I feel I should know... > > -- > Regards > Cliff Sarginson > The Netherlands > > [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message