24 Oct
2008
24 Oct
'08
3:15 p.m.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 06:11:29PM +0300, Semih Gokalp enlightened us:
yes i did it before.
du /var/log/message
28 /var/log/faillog
but
ls -al /var/log/
-rw------- 1 root root 137438953440 Oct 24 17:37 faillog
but why it is different ?
It is what is called a "sparse file". Google should be able to tell you the details.
Matt
P.S. Please do not top post.
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