I suppose this is nothing new, still it should not be the norm. When using the "df" command, the user is not getting the right output. Lets say that you enter the 'df' command by itself. A typical output would be:
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 2355984 773656 1462648 35% / /dev/hda3 409636 238128 171508 59% /root /dev/hda2 3373540 2415692 957848 72% /usr , but then if you enter 'df -m' you get the following output: Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 2301 756 1428 35% / /dev/hda3 400 233 167 59% /root /dev/hda2 3294 2360 935 72% /usr , which is clearly not equivalent to the previous one even when assuming rounding numbers. Also, looking, for example, at the first output (data) line of the former output: /dev/hda1 2355984 773656 1462648 35% / , we get the result of 35% usage for that partition. But if we divide, the total number of blocks used by the total number of blocks available we end up with: 773656/2355984 = 32.83% ~ 33% If instead we use the latter output, we end up with: 756000/2301000 = 32.86% ~ 33% Clearly neither one of them gives the 35% utilization as shown in the output. My biggest issue with this, appart from the fact that this is a command that is used and depend upon by millions of people daily, is the fact that many calculations in system design are based on the output from this command. Hope someone could shed some light as to why this is happening, and what can be done about it. _General info:_ program name: fileutils binary format: rpm (mandrake) version: 4.1 release: 5mdk (distro) vendor: MandrakeSoft packager: Chmouel Boudjnah ([EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, ajam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
