Size vs Size on Disk. Different numbers. Why?

Have you ever noticed two different numbers trying to check how big folder is? Nice example: Rule number one: this folder properties window just gives you a size of recursively listed files inside. What basically means that if you have no access to the file or folder - the content will not be incuded into…

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