Re: df and multiple-mounted mountpoints

[Tim Waugh]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:19:49AM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Tim Waugh <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > It's misleading because it shows each mounted device on that mount
> > point as having the same size and usage, even the ones which are not
> > at the top of the stack.
> 
> OK, I'm starting to understand now (though it'd be nice to see sample
> output).
> 
> But I don't understand how to fix the bug.  How can df determine which
> mounted device is the correct one, in the case where several devices
> are mounted at the same location?

I've no idea what the correct behaviour ought to be; but the current
behaviour looks wrong.

I don't know if there is a way of asking the kernel for the correct
information, or for determining if some information is not relevant to
a particular file system (independent of the mount point).

Tim.
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