Quotas -- How Much is a Block ?

[Desmond Coughlan]

Hi,
I've installed an IMAP server, and everything is working as it should. I
have 1000 MB set aside for /var/mail and have enabled quotas on this
partition, as we have about 90 users, and have decided on 10 MB per
user.

My question is this: how much is a block? I was told that 1 block ==
512 bytes, and so therefore, 2 blocks == 1 Kb.

If this is the case, then if I set a limit of 200 blocks, will this
represent 10 MB?

Yet another person told me that 1 block is 1 Kb, in which case, the
calculations are thrown out ...

Can someone tell me how many blocks constitute 10 MB?

Incidentally, yes, I have looked in the FAQ, and the handbook ...

Thanks in advance. :-)

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[Thomas Wolf]

Desmond Coughlan schrieb in Nachricht ...

1 Block = 512 Bytes:

# ls -l testfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1024 Dec 28 14:10 testfile

# ls -ls testfile (report in blocks)
2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1024 Dec 28 14:10 testfile
^

# ls -lsk testfile (report in 1k-blocks)
1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1024 Dec 28 14:10 testfile
^

Thomas

[Desmond Coughlan]

Thomas Wolf <wo...@via.at> wrote:

[snip]

> >Can someone tell me how many blocks constitute 10 MB?

[snip]

> 1 Block = 512 Bytes:
>
> # ls -l testfile

Excellent ... I've learned three things, in one post!

Thank you !

D.