GNU bug report logs - #6544
Fwd: bug in util du (du (GNU coreutils) 7.4), OS Ubuntu 9.10 Rus.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: aureliano <at> pochtamt.ru

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:58:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: aureliano <at> pochtamt.ru
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 6544 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: bug#6544: Fwd: bug in util du (du (GNU coreutils) 7.4),
	OS Ubuntu  9.10 
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:34:22 +0400
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Hello!

>> But 126440165670 bytes == 123.476.724,287 kb == 117,757 Gb != 20G (du -sh) > 33G (df, full size of partition). :-)

> Most likely, you are not seeing a bug, but the effect of hard links and
> sparse files.
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#df-and-du-report-different-information
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#df-Size-and-Used-and-Available-do-not-add-up

Yes, probably you are right at the expense of sparse files, because the sum of the sizes issued utility ls close to the amount issued by a du -b. But why the du without the keys, like to du -k, du -m and du -h gives the correct size (without sparse)?



Best regards. Aureliano.





On 06/30/2010 22:03:25, "Eric Blake"  wrote:
On 06/30/2010 11:41 AM, aureliano <at> pochtamt.ru wrote:

Hello, and thanks for taking the time to write.

> $ du --version
> du (GNU coreutils) 7.4

Consider upgrading; the latest stable version is 8.5.  However, that is
unlikely to be related to your problem.

> 
> But 126440165670 bytes == 123.476.724,287 kb == 117,757 Gb != 20G (du -sh) > 33G (df, full size of partition). :-)

Most likely, you are not seeing a bug, but the effect of hard links and
sparse files.
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#df-and-du-report-different-information
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#df-Size-and-Used-and-Available-do-not-add-up

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org



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