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Subject: Re: 4.?bsd 'ls' and 'du' show up a prob
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Date: Tue, 1-Apr-86 11:20:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  1 11:20:00 1986
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>Here's some surprising output I got on a 4.1bsd system running on an 11/750
>(where, for the sake of brevity, I've "mv"ed some files from the "/dev"
>directory to a subdirectory named "/dev/wrong"):
>
>	% /bin/ls -l /dev/wrong
>	total 888248
>	c--------- 1 root    4, 16 Jan  9 10:11 rhp2a
>	c--------- 1 root    4, 17 Jan  9 10:11 rhp2b
>	cr-------- 1 root    4, 18 Jan  9 10:11 rhp2c
>	% /bin/du /dev/wrong
>	888249	/dev/wrong
>
>
>I'd appreciate knowing if anyone else out there gets wild output from
>	/bin/du /dev
>--especially if you get them on 4.2 or 4.3 systems.  I'd also appreciate any
>insights as to where the "right" place (fsck?  the kernel? ls and du?) to fix
>the problem is.

Try looking at the code for ls.c and du.c.  I seem to remember a similar
problem with 2.9, at least in ls.c.  Look for a long integer being printed
out in short integer format.  That fixed "ls".  I've never had a problem
with "du", but I would think the error is along the same lines.

	Kevin W. Thomas
	Univ. of Oklahoma
	Norman, OK

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