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looking at the sizes of the directories created by
backintime i am puzzled by a directory which shows up as
86M in one instance and 35G in another.  can someone
please explain what's going on.

moylan 1[1630] ls
20170607-120002-419/  20170607-230005-357/  b1*  last_snapshot@
moylan 1[1631] du -s *
35G	20170607-120002-419
86M	20170607-230005-357
4.0K	b1
0	last_snapshot
moylan 1[1632] du -s 20170607-230005-357/
35G	20170607-230005-357/
moylan 1[1633] du -s ../
35G	../

tia,
ole dan

j. daniel moylan
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brookline, ma 02446-6202
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jdm at moylan.us
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