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From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia@gmail.com>
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 1:06 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:06:29 -0400, Jay Ashworth said: [snip] I'll let the perpetrator, Richard Stallman, explain. It was a kerfluffle regarding whether /bin/du should use units of 1,000 or 1024.
It's not 1024 vs 1000; it's 1024 vs 512.
If it's "du" or "df"; the display is supposed to be the number of 512-Byte blocks..... [ ... ] If you set POSIXLY_CORRECT in the environment, they will show in 512 byte blocks, or the disk sector size in bytes, instead, like they are "supposed to"
Yes, but Valdis' "politically correct" reference goes to the original name of the environment variable, which I once knew, but had forgotten, was POSIX_ME_HARDER. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274