[CentOS] question about directory size in linux..

On 2/22/2017 12:27 PM, Anthony K wrote:
> On my ext4 file system, I have a directory that has >2TB and the 
> directory entry itself only shows:
>
> $ ls -ld Stuff
> drwxrwxr-x 146 akk akk   36864 Feb 21 21:18 Stuff/
>
> $ du -bs Stuff
> 2093651427987    Stuff 

ls -ld is showing the size of the actual directory, NOT the size of the 
files stored within and under it.

du -s adds up the size on disk of all the stuff IN the directory.

note also that size on disk even for a single file can be larger than 
the size of the file as files are allocated in blocks.

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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz