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Re: [LI] file size ambiguity- report



On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 08:07:16AM +0530, Chetan Gopal Kashinath wrote:
> hello everyone,
>     here is the report i promised regarding the file size discrepency in
> diff file systems..

I haven't tried to reproduce it etc. But have you checked:

(a) You're accounting for possibly different block sizes on different
    filesystems ? (I think you are, going by the mail).

(b) 1k != 1000 bytes, but 1024 bytes. Are you sure that you're not making
    this error in your calculations ?

	-Arun
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