On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:29:39AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Okay. I think part of the problem (from my upstream point of view) is > that you are looking at rather old man-pages. (2.39 is about 50 > releases ago.) Already by the time of your report, the upstream page > mentioned the 512B figure in the text describing st_blocks. And... > > > A suggestion for their description: > > st_blksize; /* file system I/O block size */ > > st_blocks; /* disk blocks (e.g., sectors) allocated */ > > > > Or if st_blocks is always in units of 512 B, this may be more clear: > > st_blocks; /* number of 512 B blocks allocated */ > > After my reply to your earlier mail I decided to make exactly the > change in the preceing line. The change is already out, in > man-pages-3.09, look here: > > http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/stat.2.html > > Does this version of the page address your concerns?
It does! -- Chris Frost | http://www.frostnet.net/chris/ -------------+-------------------------------- PGP: http://www.frostnet.net/chris/pgpkey.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
