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@@ -7401,8 +7401,10 @@ meanings of the fields:
8 atime last access time in seconds since the epoch
9 mtime last modify time in seconds since the epoch
10 ctime inode change time in seconds since the epoch (*)
- 11 blksize preferred block size for file system I/O
- 12 blocks actual number of blocks allocated
+ 11 blksize preferred I/O size in bytes for interacting with the
+ file (may vary from file to file)
+ 12 blocks actual number of system-specific blocks allocated
+ on disk (often, but not always, 512 bytes each)
(The epoch was at 00:00 January 1, 1970 GMT.)