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: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, larsi <at> gnus.org, 36729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36729: 27.0.50; Unclear total in directory listing
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:45:20 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:40:23 +0200, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> said:

    Michael> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
    >>> That's right. It may be blocks, sectors, KiB, or baker's
    >>> dozens. There may be ways to influence the unit (switches,
    >>> environment variables) but not portably, and there is no way of
    >>> telling what effects such efforts take, if any.
    >> 
    >> Doesn't the result come from get-free-disk-space, which calls
    >> file-system-info, which reports in known units?  Or am I confused?

    Michael> file-system-info does not give you information about used file sizes in
    Michael> a directory. Something which I've missed also in Tramp.

Tramp could use 'ls-lisp' maybe?

Robert
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