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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.

drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

As you can see in total they size 32K.

After

I am creating the zip using the command bellow:

zip -r myfiles.zip *

The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!

drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

-rw-rw-r--  1 skemelio themelis  20M Απρ   4 02:00 myfiles.zip

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

What I've done wrong?

ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.

tar zip compression

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  A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *
  
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  Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
  
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  Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
  
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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.

drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

As you can see in total they size 32K.

After

I am creating the zip using the command bellow:

zip -r myfiles.zip *

The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!

drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

-rw-rw-r--  1 skemelio themelis  20M Απρ   4 02:00 myfiles.zip

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

What I've done wrong?

ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.

tar zip compression

share|improve this question

edited 3 hours ago

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asked 5 hours ago

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  A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *
  
  – ivanivan
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
  
  – Themelis
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
  
  – Fabby
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.

drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

As you can see in total they size 32K.

After

I am creating the zip using the command bellow:

zip -r myfiles.zip *

The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!

drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

-rw-rw-r--  1 skemelio themelis  20M Απρ   4 02:00 myfiles.zip

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

What I've done wrong?

ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.

tar zip compression

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drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

zip -r myfiles.zip *

drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp

drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-games

drwxr-xr-x  8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:17 gnome-music

-rw-rw-r--  1 skemelio themelis  20M Απρ   4 02:00 myfiles.zip

drwxr-xr-x  4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:18 Test

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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.

A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

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  The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.
  
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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.

A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

slm♦

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answered 4 hours ago

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  The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.
  
  – icarus
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.

A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

slm♦

255k71539687

answered 4 hours ago

ivanivanivanivan

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.
  
  – icarus
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.

A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

slm♦

255k71539687

answered 4 hours ago

ivanivanivanivan

3,7471414

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

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answered 4 hours ago

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edited 1 hour ago

slm♦

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