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From: rsh@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Holbrook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: du(1) returns funny sizes
Message-ID: <5570503@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Oct 90 18:51:50 GMT
References: <383@pacer.UUCP>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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> Yesterday, I noticed that du(1) was reporting funny values when run
> on a remote directory.  For example (this is a directory on the HP):

> 	rabbit% /usr/5bin/du /d0/users/davidb/misc
> 	1417    /d0/users/davidb/misc
> 
> 	pacer% du /d0/users/davidb/misc
> 	2834  /d0/users/davidb/misc

> As you can see, running du on the remote system reports only half
> as many blocks as there really are.  The reverse is true if we
> run du on a Solbourne directory--du reports the correct number
> of blocks on the Solbourne, but reports twice as many as there
> really are when run from the HP.

> This looks like a du bug (or feature :-) ), because only du is
> affected.

Your analysis of the problem is correct.  There is a known bug in
the HP-UX version du(1) that has been fixed for the next major
release after the 7.0 release.

It sounds like the Solbourne version has the same bug too.

Scott Holbrook
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