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  2. From: sgr@alden.UUCP (Stan Ryckman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  4. Subject: Re: Simple AWK question.....
  5. Message-ID: <519@alden.UUCP>
  6. Date: 21 Aug 92 17:52:27 GMT
  7. References: <hm342st.714305966@unidui> <14179@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <1992Aug20.192332.19720@news.eng.convex.com>
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  9. Organization: Alden Electronics, Westboro, MA
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  12. In article <1992Aug20.192332.19720@news.eng.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
  13. |>From the keyboard of guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris):
  14. |>:SV-like "du" commands don't *report* the number of kB, they report the
  15. |>:number of half-kB.
  16. |>
  17. |>Can anyone explain WTF POSIX.2 decided that utilities should report
  18. |>things in demikilobytes instead of real k which we all are more
  19. |>likely to think in?  
  20. |>
  21. |>--tom
  22.  
  23. Maybe they're demiwits?  :-)
  24.  
  25. Stan.
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  28.     Stan Ryckman   sgr@alden.UUCP
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