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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 36729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36729: 27.0.50; Unclear total in directory listing
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:16:02 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> 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).

Feel free to suggest a clarification in the doc string of 'dired'.
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