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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Thanks for following up. You've filled in a lot of blanks: funny how > DOS is so ingrained that I didn't realize someone might have done it > right the first time. I'm not quite sure I understand this last statement. ext2 is definitely a superior file system to FAT; my point was that FAT is faster under Linux than it is under Windows/DOS, not that FAT under Linux is faster than ext2 under Linux. After re-reading my message, I noticed that I hadn't made that clear. I also forgot to mention that FAT only supports 8.3 filenames, though VFAT kludges long filenames by putting entries like Micros~1 in the actual file system and adding a map file indicating the associated long filenames. > 1. How do I measure the size of a partiton? Of a directory? Mount the filesystem first, then type "df /usr", where "/usr" is replaced by some directory on that filesystem. Note that "df ." will always give you the size of the partition on which the current directory is located. You can measure the _usage_ of a directory tree by the du command; "man du" for more information. I believe du adds up all the space used in blocks owned by files in a particular directory tree, and does not simply add up the sizes of all the files; but I could be wrong on that point. > 3. Why does ls -d (in RH 5.2) give only the current "." directory, and > not the other (sub)directory entries in a particular directory? ls -d does not traverse directory entries. Typically, when you "ls <filename>", the file entry (like lilo.conf or .bashrc or vmlinuz) is shown; _except_ for directories. When <filename> is a directory, the entries _in_ that directory are shown. You can think of the -d option as normalizing this behaviour by forcing the file entry itself to be shown, whether or not it is a directory. Therefore, since "ls" is short for "ls .", "ls -d" shows the directory entry for ".". Kyle - -- Kyle R. Rose "They can try to bind our arms, Laboratory for Computer Science But they cannot chain our minds MIT NE43-309, 617-253-5883 or hearts..." http://web.mit.edu/krr/www/ Stratovarius krose at theory.lcs.mit.edu Forever Free -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v0.9.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE3H28r66jzSko6g9wRAu6yAJ9H08bQF1YEsDo1u5DfI4SFzQDQkgCgn/zg SwQ7H9cjGXyb1Osvp+nsGDY= =alzv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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