From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jul 4 13:40: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DBD937BAD7 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:40:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA04559; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:40:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:40:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007042040.NAA04559@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: bin/19635: add -c for grand total to df(1), like du(1) does Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/19635; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: Will Andrews Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/19635: add -c for grand total to df(1), like du(1) does Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 22:34:41 +0200 On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:47:25 -0400, Will Andrews wrote: > On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 04:06:46PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > My only objection is that it seems to produce useless values. Can you > > think of a use for these grand totals? > > They are helpful for monitoring total space; I would use them in > administrative scripts to watch my space. Okay, then. Let me be more specific. How is the notion of "total space" useful? :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message