What does the less than symbol in front of LVM volume size mean?

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lvs

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LV   VG     Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
home mainvg -wi-ao----  10.00g
root mainvg -wi-ao---- <40.00g
swap swapvg -wi-ao----   4.00g

What does the less than symbol (<) in the root volume size mean?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '17 at 18:43

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From man lvs:

--units r|R|h|H|b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E All sizes are output in these units: human-(r)eadable with '<' rounding indicator

answered Sep 29 '17 at 18:43

jscott

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Thank you. I guess I need to remember to use the system man pages since [the one I looked at](https://linux.die.net/man/8/lvs) didn't match my system. – Ryan J Sep 29 '17 at 21:55

What does the less than symbol in front of LVM volume size mean?

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