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audiodef Watchman
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bjlockie Veteran
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: Re: Total size of files vs. size on disk |
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audiodef wrote: | I have a relatively new Gentoo install. On this machine, I'm noticing a large discrepancy between total size of files and size on disk. For example, one folder has a total size of files = 2.1 GB and a size on disk of 17.3 GB.
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What filemanager and where is it displaying the problem?
Maybe it has something to do with hidden files. _________________ AMD FX6100 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
ASRock 970 Extreme3 motherboard with S/PDIF audio
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chiefbag Guru
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Is this a problem with df reporting higher usage then the actual space being used ie. from a du of the whole disk?
Are you running Raid on this box.
As bjlockie said it could be due to a GUI filemanager not reporting all or only certain file types.
du - h will report correctly so go with that if in doubt. |
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