Ubuntu Desktop Unit Consistency (LP: #369525)
Christopher Chan
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Mon Jun 1 07:25:24 UTC 2009
Nils Kassube wrote:
> Christopher Chan wrote:
>
>> Heh. Good luck changing du, ls, df, yada yada to anything other than
>> base2 upstream.
>>
>
> From "man du":
>
> | --si
> | like -h, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
>
> From "man ls":
>
> | --si
> | likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
>
> From "man df":
>
> | -H, --si
> | likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
>
>
>
Wow. What is the computing world coming to?! We're been invaded by
consumers. I guess that is a good thing for once...developers actually
following user wishes...but sheesh. Just do your KB/MB/GB math with
whatever=1000 and you still get a buffer. Oh well.
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