Re: strange nfs...

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xs4all.nl>]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Klaus Rein wrote:

> A few self comments:
> 
> 1.) when the files have been written via nfs 'du' reports the wrong
> sizes also on the server file system
> 
> 2.) after copying such a wrong reported file the size of the copy 
> is reported ok
> 
> 3.) it seems that the wrong reported file sizes are always multiples 
> of 64k. Below is an example from ./linux.pass.15/Documentation
> 
> I do not have any idea whhat the problem might be...

XFS pre allocates pieces of disk to reduce fragmentation. After time this
will be returned. It is a feature :-)

Can't come up with the exact message, try the searchable mail archive. It
has come up before.

Cheers
Seth