Re: size of folders

The --si option is telling you the size with a K equal to 1000 instead
of 1024 which over the size of pictures you are getting the size of
makes a difference between the 2 sizes.  ...and apparently the -h option
uses 1024 as it's K size overrides the --si option, probably because it
came after the --si option.

If you want the most accurate, tell it to give you the size in bytes. 
Sure the number will be huge but there is no mistaking the size you are
getting.

Brian Cluff

On 3/22/20 10:56 AM, Michael wrote:
> weird:
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ du -s --si -h Pictures/
> 45G Pictures/
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ du -s --si Pictures/
> 48G Pictures/ (this must be what the GUI is reporting)
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ du -s Pictures/
> 46590432 Pictures/
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ du -sh Pictures
> 45G Pictures
>
> So which should I believe?
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 1:01 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> how bizarre. du reports 45 gig, ncdu reports 44.4 gig, and the gui
>> method reports 47.7 gig.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 12:41 PM Shaun Anderson
>> <shaunandersonaz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Try ncdu as well.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 09:29 Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I want to see how big /Pictures is to see about an external drive for
>>>> it. How do I do it?
>>>>
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