[CentOS] Off-topic: strange problem with file size

On 07/29/2009 02:46 PM, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm having a curious problem with some files. The account has 77GB of
> data[1], but there some files with more than 100GB[2], in fact, two of
> then have more than 200GB[3].
>
> The OS is Opensuse 10.2 x86_64.
>
> Has anyone seem something like this? How can I inspect more closely what
>    is going on?

They are most likely sparse files.

Mogens
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