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From: miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
Subject: Re: Used space in bytes
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In article <8uf21i$ro7$1@cesium.transmeta.com>,
H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>Report a block size (really allocation unit size) st_blocks == 1?

If you mean st_blksize, well:

       The value st_blocks gives the size of the file in 512-byte
       blocks.  The value st_blksize gives the "preferred" block?
       size for efficient file system I/O.  (Writing to a file in
       smaller  chunks  may  cause  an  inefficient  read-modify-
       rewrite.)

Telling programs 'please use 1-byte r/w buffers' is probably
a bad idea.

Mike.
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