Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:33:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>, =?UTF-8?Q?Trond_Endrest=C3=B8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no>, FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS no longer mounted in alphanumerical order Message-ID: <201903121633.x2CGXwaV015777@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <e45bc5ab-af40-ad75-b5b2-8b0830aa915a@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 12/03/2019 02:12, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >> On 11/03/2019 23:03, Freddie Cash wrote: > >>> Wouldn't it make more sense to teach df, du, "zfs list", and other things > >>> that list the mounted filesystems to use sorted output? > >> > >> | sort [desired options] > > > > Except that df and zfs list have a header that you have to deal with, > > which is not so easy to get sort to do the right things with out > > some hoop jumping. > > Like "| tail +2" ? > Or if it's just for visual inspection (as seems to be the case for the original > poster) just mentally filter out that line. That just deletes the header. Try to write a one liner that gives you the exact same prior behavior. It is not really fair to make a change to the system that changes behavior and just tell all the users to adapt to the change, it makes FreeBSD "user unfriendly." If I have to adapt to much or too often I see alternatives. > >> P.S. > >> zfs list already supports sorting by a specific property. > > > > Perhaps make zfs list -s mountpoint a default? > > Why? P O L A People have become use to this being sorted, now it is not. > Andriy Gapon -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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