Re: [Hampshire] Baffled by df/du

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Author: Peter Brooks
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Baffled by df/du
On 15/01/07, Jim Kissel <jlk@???> wrote:
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> Just done a clean minimum install of Debian Etch under VMWare
> Workstation 5.5 and I find df reporting:
> Filesystem           1K-blocks     Used Available  Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1              1359816   287656  1992884    23% /
> udev                     10248       56    10184     1% /dev
> devshm                  128588        0   128588     0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda6              2601116    69516  2399469     3% /home

>
> du -s /home reports
> 40 /home
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> du's 40 used blocks != 69516 Used in df
> I know there is a simple explanation, but what is it?
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I thought I was getting a math question there ....