Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 02:10:37 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/df df.1 df.c Message-ID: <393A8D8D.8395867C@newsguy.com> References: <22036.960073573@localhost>
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > > BZZZZZT! > > > > That's called `BLOCKSIZE=1G df', thank you very much. > > BZZZZT. You could do df -k with `BLOCKSIZE=1K df' too but I don't see > you complaining about the -k flag or advocating for its removal. This > is just John's shorthand for gigabytes and probably not an unexpected > evolution in light of today's drive sizes; thank god we got to skip > over -m for megabytes. > > FWIW, I didn't like the idea of another flag much either (we gonna add > -g to du(1) next? It has a -k flag too) but I couldn't argue against > it from a POLA or consistency standpoint (there is -k AND there is > BLOCKSIZE, enough said) so, unlike you, I didn't attempt to shoot John > down with some hypocritical argument and simply approved the change > with a sigh. Alas, what does -g offers that is not suitably handled by -h? -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@yet.another.bsdconspiracy.org Hmmm - I have to go check this. My reality assumptions are shattered. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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