I have two directories, one being a copy of the other: # l temp* temp: total 3860 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3846144 2015-10-11 10:29 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 40960 2015-10-18 10:06 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3639 2015-10-11 09:45 file1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4057 2015-10-11 09:45 file2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3568 2015-10-11 09:45 file3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4194 2015-10-11 10:12 file4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3861 2015-10-11 10:12 file5 temp2: total 88 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 2015-10-18 10:07 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 40960 2015-10-18 10:06 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3639 2015-10-11 09:45 file1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4057 2015-10-11 09:45 file2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3568 2015-10-11 09:45 file3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4194 2015-10-11 10:12 file4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3861 2015-10-11 10:12 file5 with 'du', the sizes of temp and temp2 : # du -hsx temp temp2 3.8M temp 28K temp2 I know this question has been asked before, but I wasn't paying attention. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.9°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org