Re: super-strange linux behavior
In debian-user Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
>/bbs_d/ra$ ls -l msg*
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2032293239 Apr 23 14:31 msghdr.bbs
...
>/bbs_d/ra$ df .
>Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
>/dev/hdb1 689829 688974 0 100% /local
>
>Even Linux is believing the super-large file sizes. One of those files
>is 2gb, yet the disk is only 700mb (as df shows). e2fsck didn't find anything
>except a few minor block free bits wrong, and afterwards those files are
>just as big! The file system for this is e2fs, too.
It's called holes in the files. Do an 'ls -ls'.
Often seen on core dumps.
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