On 16/09/10 12:59, Petr Pisar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I found `df' utility from coreutils-8.5 does not describe `-m' option that is
> mentioned in info page and the program accepts it.
> 
> -- Petr

-m was deprecated in 2001
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commit;h=d1772031

It is not mentioned in the info page as far as I can see
It's not specified by POSIX
It's not used in solaris
It _is_ used in FreeBSD

So this is much the same argument as supporting `dd bs=1m`
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2010-09/msg00028.html

Also there was a previous request for `df -g` and `du -g`
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-12/msg00000.html

The only reason one would support these is for compat with FreeBSD,
and if we did, we wouldn't want to promote their use through documentation.


cheers,
Pádraig.



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