Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:

> The first line of a directory listing reads
>
>   total used in directory 71752 available 65.2 GiB
>
> where it is a mystery what the first number represents. Often it is
> 512-byte blocks, which is confusing and not very useful, and cannot
> easily be compared with the 'available' number (which is crystal
> clear).
>
> It has always been thus, but previously the 'available' number was
> itself somewhat obscure so the first number didn't stand out.

Hm...  My buffers read: