On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 12:43 -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes: > > > One thing I do know is that traditional apps like df (and anything > > that uses stat(), I guess) don't know about /.dev, and so return > > false information: > > > > $ df > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda3 9843308 5428016 3915272 59% / > > tmpfs 501936 0 501936 0% /dev/shm > > /dev/hda2 46668 20415 23844 47% /boot > > /dev/hda5 2995936 1790220 1205716 60% /home > > /dev/hda6 105280504 78681360 21251108 79% /data > > /dev 9843308 5428016 3915272 59% /.dev > > none 5120 2564 2556 51% /dev > > It's not really false, it's just that /.dev is a subtree of / and > so shows the same information as / does. To me, reporting the same information 2 times means that one of them should not be there. These programs report duplicate info: df pydf gtkdiskfree "So what?", you say. Well, data should only be listed once, not twice. gtkdiskfree sums up all total and free disk space, and having /.dev in there totally distorts the truth. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "There never was a good war or a bad peace." Benjamin Franklin Well, I think I have to disagree with Mr. Franklin...
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