Tom Brown wrote: > # ls -al foo.txt > -r--r--r-- 1 xxx xxx 1373149856 Mar 28 04:34 foo.txt > > # du -sh foo.txt > 808M foo.txt "man du", search for "--apparent-size". Your file seems to be a sparse file with "holes" in it. Cheers, Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070329/ab2084ae/attachment-0005.sig>