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df fooled by multitrack CDROM's
From: |
Dan Jacobson |
Subject: |
df fooled by multitrack CDROM's |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Jul 2003 05:21:33 +0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Fellas, did I tell you that multitrack CDROM's could fool df into
underreporting MEGABYTES of disk usage? That's right, the CD could
contain many times what is shown by "df /cdrom".
I tried to tell the Debian folks but e.g. some Matt using Mutt just brushed
it off
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Not a bug
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i
> Sender: Matt Zimmerman <address@hidden>
>
> df(1) works as designed and documented. In the example scenario, the
> 'administrator' is not understanding the information provided by the tool.
anyways get on down to http://bugs.debian.org/201352 to start on the
trail of this hullabaloo. Or at least note the problem in the df man page.
- df fooled by multitrack CDROM's,
Dan Jacobson <=