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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: holes in files
Message-ID: <18789@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 7 Dec 90 14:34:29 GMT
References: <6193:Dec618:43:4390@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
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In article <6193:Dec618:43:4390@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>#include <sys/types.h>
>#include <sys/stat.h>
>
>main()
>{
> struct stat st;
>
> fstat(0,&st);
> printf("size on disk (not including holes) %ld\n",st.st_blocks);
>}

% grep st_blocks /usr/include/sys/stat.h
%

hmmm.  BSD feature?

how about "no PORTABLE way" to determine the size of a file on disk?
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