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author | grog <grog@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-11-16 03:33:34 +0000 |
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committer | grog <grog@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-11-16 03:33:34 +0000 |
commit | 5de282f23da3bf379edbf238f017a8d0682cc278 (patch) | |
tree | f4d2e82722242289392cb7b3e93430d388b6cb9f /bin/df/df.1 | |
parent | 2a4b9075dfd29011c27d8771d1fc86677c04e9fd (diff) | |
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Update man pages and clarify a number of options.
Rework block count calculations to work correctly with small "block" sizes.
MFC after: 14 days
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/df/df.1')
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1 files changed, 58 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/bin/df/df.1 b/bin/df/df.1 index 02a4f421..f107ad3 100644 --- a/bin/df/df.1 +++ b/bin/df/df.1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" @(#)df.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/8/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 3, 2012 +.Dd November 16, 2012 .Dt DF 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ displays statistics about the amount of free disk space on the specified or on the file system of which .Ar file is a part. -Values are displayed in 512-byte per block counts. +By default block counts are displayed with an assumed block size of +512 bytes. If neither a file or a file system operand is specified, statistics for all mounted file systems are displayed (subject to the @@ -65,46 +66,54 @@ Show all mount points, including those that were mounted with the flag. This is implied for file systems specified on the command line. .It Fl b -Use 512-byte blocks rather than the default. -This overrides the +Explicitly use 512 byte blocks, overriding any .Ev BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. +This is the same as the +.Fl P +option. +The +.Fl k +option overrides this option. .It Fl c Display a grand total. .It Fl g -Use 1073741824-byte (1-Gbyte) blocks rather than the default. -This overrides the +Use 1073741824 byte (1 Gibibyte) blocks rather than the default. +This overrides any .Ev BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. .It Fl H .Dq Human-readable output. -Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, -Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order to reduce the number of -digits to four or fewer using base 10 for sizes. +Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kibibyte, Mebibyte, Gibibyte, Tebibyte and +Pebibyte (based on powers of 1024) in order to reduce the number of +digits to four or fewer. .It Fl h .Dq Human-readable output. Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, -Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order to reduce the number of -digits to four or fewer using base 2 for sizes. -Inodes statistics, if enabled with -.Fl i , -are always printed in base 10. +Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte (based on powers of 1000) in order to +reduce the number of +digits to four or fewer. .It Fl i -Include statistics on the number of free inodes. +Include statistics on the number of free and used inodes. +In conjunction with the +.Fl h +or +.Fl H +options, the number of inodes is scaled by powers of 1000. .It Fl k -Use 1024-byte (1-Kbyte) blocks rather than the default. +Use 1024 byte (1 Kibibyte) blocks rather than the default. This overrides the -.Ev BLOCKSIZE -specification from the environment and the .Fl P -option. +option and any +.Ev BLOCKSIZE +specification from the environment. .It Fl l Only display information about locally-mounted file systems. .It Fl m -Use 1048576-byte (1-Mbyte) blocks rather than the default. -This overrides the +Use 1048576 byte (1 Mebibyte) blocks rather than the default. +This overrides any .Ev BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. .It Fl n @@ -117,10 +126,12 @@ When this option is specified, will not request new statistics from the file systems, but will respond with the possibly stale statistics that were previously obtained. .It Fl P -Use POSIX compliant output of 512-byte blocks rather than the default. -This overrides the +Explicitly use 512 byte blocks, overriding any .Ev BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. +This is the same as the +.Fl b +option. The .Fl k option overrides this option. @@ -160,9 +171,18 @@ option has no effect. .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width BLOCKSIZE .It Ev BLOCKSIZE -If the environment variable -.Ev BLOCKSIZE -is set, the block counts will be displayed in units of that size block. +Specifies the units in which to report block counts. +This uses +.Xr getbsize 3 , +which allows units of bytes or numbers scaled with the letters +.Em k +(for multiples of 1024 bytes), +.Em m +(for multiples of 1048576 bytes) or +.Em g +(for gibibytes). +The allowed range is 512 bytes to 1 GB. +If the value is outside, it will be set to the appropriate limit. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr lsvfs 1 , @@ -170,13 +190,12 @@ is set, the block counts will be displayed in units of that size block. .Xr fstatfs 2 , .Xr getfsstat 2 , .Xr statfs 2 , +.Xr getbsize 3 , .Xr getmntinfo 3 , .Xr localeconv 3 , .Xr fstab 5 , .Xr mount 8 , -.Xr pstat 8 , -.Xr quot 8 , -.Xr swapinfo 8 +.Xr quot 8 . .Sh STANDARDS With the exception of most options, the @@ -200,3 +219,13 @@ flag is ignored if a file or file system is specified. Also, if a mount point is not accessible by the user, it is possible that the file system information could be stale. +.Pp +The +.Fl b +and +.Fl P +options are identical. +The former comes from the BSD tradition, and the latter is required +for +.St -p1003.1-2004 +conformity. |