[Prabhu.r.b]

hi folks,
i'm new to linux.
directory's size in linux is not equal to total size of files present in it.
Then how is directory's size calculated.

Thanks,
Prabhu

[coderzone]

In Linux everything is a file. Even an I/O device like monitor is a file and so each folder is a file to hold the files in it. Something like file of file and so it has some storage. My Fedora Core 4 gives each folder size as 4 KB. Probably to store the attributes and security data about the folder.

[Prabhu.r.b]

thanks for ur reply.