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On 6/16/2013 11:48 AM, Lele Gaifax wrote:
> Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> writes:
>
>> In article <mailman.3442.1371389433.3114.python-list@python.org>,
>>   Chris Kwpolska Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> (I=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDm using wc -c to count the bytes in all files the=
re are.  du is
>>> unaccurate with files smaller than 4096 bytes.)
>>
>> It's not that du is not accurate, it's that it's measuring something
>> different.  It's measuring how much disk space the file is using.  For=

>> most files, that's the number of characters in the file rounded up to =
a
>> full block.
>
> I think =E2=80=9Cdu -c=E2=80=9D emits a number very close to =E2=80=9Cw=
c -c=E2=80=9D.

In Windows Explorer, the Properties box displays both the Size and 'Size =

on disk', in both (KB or MB) and bytes. The block size for the disk I am =

looking at is 4KB, so the Size on disk in KB is a multiple of that.

--=20
Terry Jan Reedy