[Discuss] du question

[jdm at moylan.us (dan moylan)]

dan ritter writes:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 02:11:22PM -0400, dan moylan wrote:

> > dan ritter writes:

> > > > I don't know backintime, but I'm guessing it uses links to
> > > > do file-level snapshots.   Bet there's a FAQ.

> > > > 35G	20170607-120002-419
> > > > 86M	20170607-230005-357

> almost as if there were 86MB of changes in between the
> first and second snapshots.

of course, that's the whole point of backintime.  it
was/is/has been obvious, even to me, but it is not the
question and never has been.

my question was and is: why does
  du -s *
show 86MG for the second and now third backups, and
  du -s 20170607-230005-357
as well as
  du -hd1 20170607-230005-357
show 35MB?

this is not obvious to me -- if it is to you, please
explain.

tia,
ole dan

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