Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hao!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!ihlpe!daryl From: daryl@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Daryl Monge) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" Message-ID: <1879@ihlpe.ATT.COM> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 23:20:16 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpe.1879 Posted: Mon Jul 20 23:20:16 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 05:45:08 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <23436@sun.uucp> <23693@sun.uucp> Organization: Engineering Design Process Department, AT&T Bell Labs Lines: 20 Summary: back on track I think that everyone is getting side tracked on the original issue; that is what is a block as reported by many UNIX utilities? Clearly "block" is not useful, especially as file systems get more complex and the notion of a "block" gets confused. However, "bit" is useless in terms of user friendliness. Imagine: -rwxr-x--- 1 daryl daryl 3102120bits Feb 6 22:40 gmacs The number of bits in a byte is not relevant. Perhaps we should use the word (:-) "character", since at least to me that has some real world meaning. ex: /e31 (/dev/dsk/36bs2): 12632K characters 33572 unique files Comments? Daryl Monge UUCP: ...!ihnp4!ihcae!daryl AT&T CIS: 72717,65 Bell Labs, Naperville, Ill AT&T 312-979-3603