"total" in the output of ll command

[Fredric]

Hi,

Can anybody tell me what does the "total" represents in the output of ll command.

# ll
total 480
drwxrwxr-x 3 bb bb 96 Feb 6 12:48 test
drwxrwxr-x 2 testusr users 96 Feb 6 12:48 hosts

Thanks in advance
Fredric

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

The first entry listed is the total number of blocks in the directory. When used in multicolumn output, the number of blocks precedes the file name in each column. The number of indirect blocks in a file is filesystem dependent.


Paula

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Fredric,

It's the total number of blocks used by this directory. A block is of 512 bytes.

-Sri

[I.Delic]

hi,

it is totaal number of blocks dat your directory use.

One block is 512 KB

Idriz

[I.Delic]

Sorry type fout

een block is 512 bytes

Idriz

[T G Manikandan]

It is the total number of blocks used by dir.

#ll -s will give you a good picture