The man(ual) entry for 'ls' doesn't explain the meaning of the number after "total" in the first line of the output when the option -l is given. (I put an example into section "Additional Information'.) Imo ppl shouldn't have to google to find out what that number means! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 'man ls' 2. look for parameter "-l" to see what I mean: a. 'cd' to a directory that is on a partition which uses an ext2 or ext3 file system b. 'ls -l' c. look at the first line of the output which says "total <a number>". Actual Results: -k, --kilobytes dasselbe wie --block-size=1024. -l Verwendung eines langen Listenformates. -L, --dereference bei symbolischen ... Expected Results: -l Use of long list format. \nIf the (target) directory resides on an ext?-file-system the first line shows the number of blocks that have been allocated for this directory (files and subdirectories altogether). Or something like that. My english isn't that good. ;) I got this from the www, so I hope that's actually true... If it's not, please put the right comment in there. atti@magic ~/misc $ ls -al insgesamt 460 drwxr-xr-x 4 atti atti 4096 22. Nov 05:51 . drwxr-xr-x 63 atti atti 4096 24. Nov 00:40 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 atti atti 95307 2. Nov 21:12 Diego___PIE_is_not_exactly_a_lie.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 atti atti 77697 9. Aug 05:06 Diego___about_proprietary_closed-source_software.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 atti atti 27026 31. Mär 2006 Kyocera_Mita_FS-1050_de.ppd drwxr-xr-x 3 atti atti 4096 10. Nov 03:41 doc -rw------- 1 atti atti 235359 20. Aug 02:00 eem_docu.pdf drwxr-xr-x 2 atti atti 4096 13. Aug 22:33 win-progs atti@magic ~/misc $ "insgesamt" means "total"
Have you seen the "SEE ALSO" paragraph in the man page? It says that the *full* manual is available via "info coreutils 'ls invocation'". There, in section "10.1.2 What information is listed" you can find this: For each directory that is listed, preface the files with a line `total BLOCKS', where BLOCKS is the total disk allocation for all files in that directory. The block size currently defaults to 1024 bytes, but this can be overridden (*note Block size::). The BLOCKS computed counts each hard link separately; this is arguably a deficiency. So, the manpage links to the full manual which contains the information you need. I think that counts as not having to use google. ;)
Created attachment 211073 [details] output of 'man ls' (german)
(In reply to comment #1) > Have you seen the "SEE ALSO" paragraph in the man page? It says that the *full* > manual is available via "info coreutils 'ls invocation'". Well, in that case: please show me that reference in the attached output of 'man ls'.
Created attachment 211079 [details] sorry, this is the clean version (no color codes) - hence better readable
(In reply to comment #3) > Well, in that case: please show me that reference in the attached output of > 'man ls'. > No need to get testy. It is obviously not there. We don't translate these things, so here are a few pointers on who to contact: "BUGS MELDEN Berichten Sie Fehler an <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>." "Last-Translator: Michael Piefel <piefel@informatik.hu-berlin.de>\n" "Language-Team: German <translation-team-de@lists.sourceforge.net>\n"
(In reply to comment #5) > (In reply to comment #3) > > Well, in that case: please show me that reference in the attached output of > > 'man ls'. > > No need to get testy. Sorry, it was not ment to be sarcastic! Maybe the fact that English isn't my native tongue explains this misunderstanding. ;-)
