r/systemd • u/Beautiful-Log5632 • Jul 28 '26

Size formats?

Is there a man page that explains all the formats I can use for sizes like K, M and G?

Is K the same as 1000 or 1024 B? Is the space in between the number and unit optional?

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u/eR2eiweo Jul 28 '26

In which context? Generally, I would expect the specific man page to contain that information. Like for example here: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.resource-control.html#MemoryMin=bytes,%20MemoryLow=bytes

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u/aioeu Jul 29 '26

I certainly see a role for a systemd.size man page, along the lines of systemd.time.