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Sizes can be specified in kilobytes (<literal>k</literal>,
<literal>K</literal>) and megabytes (<literal>m</literal>,
<literal>M</literal>), for example “<literal>8k</literal>”,
“<literal>1m</literal>”.
If the suffix is not specified, the value is bytes.
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<para>
Time can be specified in minutes, hours, days and so on:
<table width="30%">
<tr><td width="20%">s</td><td>seconds</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%">m</td><td>minutes</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%">h</td><td>hours</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%">d</td><td>days</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%">w</td><td>weeks</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%">M</td><td>months, 30 days</td></tr>
<tr><td width="20%">y</td><td>years, 365 days</td></tr>
</table>
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for example “<literal>1h 30m</literal>”, “<literal>1y 6M</literal>”.
Additionally, it is possible to specify time with millisecond
precision (<literal>ms</literal>) in some directives.
If the suffix is not specified, the value is seconds.
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