Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:47:56 +1030 (CST) From: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/59693: df & du output values double when redirected from cron Message-ID: <200311252317.hAPNHuQA008372@gremlin.internode.com.au> Resent-Message-ID: <200311252320.hAPNKFkP055779@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 59693 >Category: bin >Synopsis: df & du output values double when redirected from cron >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 25 15:20:15 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Adam Smith >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Internode >Environment: System: FreeBSD gremlin 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Oct 7 13:44:38 CST 2003 adam@panther:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PANTHER i386 >Description: When using df or du in a scripted cron job, for any redirected output to a text file, the usage integer values are doubled. >How-To-Repeat: Create the following script and add it to cron as root or a regular user: $ crontab -l */1 * * * * /home/adam/test.sh > /home/adam/output.txt $ cat test.sh #!/bin/sh df Now let's look at the output: $ df | grep ad0s2f /dev/ad0s2f 49028074 26711856 18393974 59% /usr $ cat output.txt /dev/ad0s2f 98056148 53423708 36787952 59% /usr Both du and df produced the same results, while ls worked properly, and other programs with "digit" values such as iostat worked fine aswell. >Fix: No fix known. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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