Too many inodes

[The Prime Minister]

In article <580 at mbph.UUCP> hybl at mbph.UUCP (Albert Hybl  Dept of Biophysics  SM) writes:
<Since the activation of the demon script, the du|wc generated
<value has been too large and is getting larger each time it is
<computed.  For example, today fsck reports that 5976 files are
<being used; df says that 216 inodes are available and hence
<there are a total of 6192 inodes assigned to the file system.
<That is as it should be.  However, the du|wc count reports 6368
<files/directories!
<
<Can anyone explain why du|wc is not counting correctly.  Is this
<another sysV_bug?  Is it safe-harmless or does it portend trouble?

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