Re: df and multiple-mounted mountpoints (redux)

[Andreas Schwab]

Christian Jones <address@hidden> writes:

> Whereas clearly (in the above case), it doesn't.  The aforementioned
> thread also notes (in fact, stresses) the fact that the capacity is
> incorrect for /dev/discs/disc0/part3 after something has been mounted
> "over" it.  Unfortunately, the consensus on that report seemed to be that
> there wasn't an obvious way to fix it.  Is there an obvious solution to
> this one, such as reporting the filesystem mounted *last* instead of the
> one mounted first?

??? This is what df is doing.  And there is no way to get the attributes
of the hidden mount point, since it is, in fact, hidden.  That becomes
more apparent if you mount over a directory that has another mountpoint in
some subdirectory.  The other mountpoint is simply not reachable any more.

Andreas.

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