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Re: Add --dereference option to df
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: Add --dereference option to df |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:26:46 +0000 |
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On 12/05/2013 01:21 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 12/04/2013 02:25 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> Pushed.
>
> Hi Padraig,
>
> oops, there was another user-visible change with v8.21-172-g33660b4:
>
> df now also works better with relative paths to the source
> device, e.g.:
>
> $ cd /dev/ && df-8.21 sdb
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> devtmpfs 1014572 48 1014524 1% /dev
>
> $ cd /dev/ && df-new sdb
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sdb 10190136 6039532 3609932 63% /home
>
> This seems to be valid for POSIX compliance, but contradicts
> our TEXI documentation. I'd suggest something like this:
>
> - If an argument FILE is an absolute name of a disk device node
> + If an argument FILE resolves to a special file
Good catch.
> containing a mounted file system, `df' shows the space available on that
> file system rather than on the file system containing the device node.
>
> And as this was a user-visible change, it should probably
> be mentioned in the NEWS file. WDYT?
We might as well adjust the second df item in NEWS to
mention that case too.
thanks,
Pádraig.
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/03
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/03
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/03
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/03
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/03
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/03
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/04
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/05
- Re: Add --dereference option to df,
Pádraig Brady <=
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/05
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Pádraig Brady, 2013/12/05
- Re: Add --dereference option to df, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/12/05