ls -s vs. du (was: Re: [dev] [st] font fallback)

From: markus schnalke <meillo_AT_marmaro.de>
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:02:30 +0100

[2013-01-05 18:55] Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
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> % ls -hs st-0.3/st
> 126K st

I wondered why 20h did not use `du -h st-0.3/st' instead.

Then I wondered why ls(1) has `-s' at all.

Even in 1st Edition Unix, ls(1) has `-s' although du(1) is available.
        http://man.cat-v.org/unix-1st/1/ls
        http://man.cat-v.org/unix-1st/1/du

Does someone of you have more information on this?


meillo
Received on Sun Jan 06 2013 - 13:02:30 CET