GNU bug report logs - #10561
stat unclear about size on disk and type of blocks discussed

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Filipus Klutiero <chealer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 10561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 10561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, P <at> draigBrady.com
Subject: Re: bug#10561: stat unclear about size on disk and type of blocks
	discussed
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:26:36 -0800

On 01/20/2012 06:15 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I'll go with "optimal I/O transfer size hint",

There's no guarantee that it's optimal,
and I/O is always transfer, so how about
something like "I/O buffer size hint" instead?
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