Re: space usage misreported?

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:57:16AM +1000, Adrian Bolzan wrote:
> /dev/sda5 (/var) = 1.8G total
> Used (from df) = 1.7G
> 
> du reports /var = 88M (approx. 0.1G)
> 
> Hence Used space not reported = 1.7G -0.1 G = 1.69G (but I rounded 
> inaccurately down to 1.6G).
> 
> is my maths not correct?

Your original math was correct, but 1.7G - 0.1G = 1.6G, not 1.69G.

I suspect that this is somehow related to the the rule that all
spelling flames are required to contain at least one spelling errer.

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