GNU bug report logs - #49994
upgrade: have "-s" of 'ls' display alloc'd sizes for specified "--block-size"

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 49994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49994: upgrade: have "-s" of 'ls' display alloc'd sizes for specified "--block-size"
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:36:13 -0700

On 8/15/21 9:26 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> I don't want to display the allocated size on the current device,
> but the size that would be allocated on a device with block-size=1-byte.

There's no practical way for 'ls' to calculate that, as the kernel 
doesn't reveal that information.

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