GNU bug report logs - #36729
27.0.50; Unclear total in directory listing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:41:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch, wontfix

Merged with 44273

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: 36729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36729: 27.0.50; Unclear total in directory listing
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:15:58 +0200

The first line of a directory listing reads

  total used in directory 71752 available 65.2 GiB

where it is a mystery what the first number represents. Often it is 512-byte blocks, which is confusing and not very useful, and cannot easily be compared with the 'available' number (which is crystal clear).

It has always been thus, but previously the 'available' number was itself somewhat obscure so the first number didn't stand out.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 260 days ago.

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