/var/log/lastlog, du and ls Do Not Agree

[Bob Chiodini]

On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 08:34, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:43:42 -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> 
> > I was testing UDF on CDRW yesterday and noticed that du and ls do not
> > agree on the size of /var/log/lastlog.  This is an ext3 file system.
> > 
> > # du -s /var/log/lastlog
> > 52      /var/log/lastlog
> > 
> > # ls -l /var/log/lastlog
> > -r--------  1 root root 19136220 Jun  8 06:32 /var/log/lastlog
> 
> -snip-
> 
> Sort of a Linux related FAQ. A hint to get you on the right track:
>  
>   cp --sparse=never /var/log/lastlog /var/tmp
>   du -h /var/tmp/lastlog

Thanks.  Also,  man du indicates a --apparent-size option which will
generate correct feedback for /var/log/lastlog.  This option is new
since RH9.

Which is correct, as to actual file system utilization?

Bob...
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