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From: Paul Shabash <pshabash AT altair DOT com>
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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:44:13 -0500
Subject: RE: du returns inconsistent results
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Hello,

When I run "du -b dir" several times with the same directory as input, some=
times I get a smaller size the first time I run it than the subsequent time=
s I run it. =A0I.e. the second, third, fourth, etc. try will all return ide=
ntical sizes, but the first is smaller.
The difference in size is always a multiple of 4096.
Doesn't happen if the input is a file.=A0 Only if it's a directory.  The mo=
re subdirectories it has, the larger the difference.

Does anyone know what might be causing this?

The error appears using either cygwin 1.7.1-1 or 1.5, on both Windows Vista=
 & on Windows 7.
It does NOT happen on Windows XP with cygwin 1.5, though.

(Yes, I know there was a question on this list with a similar subject, but =
the question was different.)

Thank you.
Paul


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