On 29 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jules> More serious problem, though, manoj, is symlinks. > > I see you have not read the checkdu script I posted, or tried > it out. What the script does is that it reads /etc/mtab to get the > mounted partitions. Then it does a stat on each dir to get the dev_t > field. > > So, symlinks are *NOT* a problem. (I would not have presented > a solution here which did not even address the obvious smlink issue)
True, I have not read your scripts. However, I did correctly understand them :-) The point I'm making is not directly that - it's more to do with (someone else's idea) of restricting which directories size information is stored for. A simple partition list, as they suggested, would not be good enough, since as sys-admin I'm entitled to stick in a symlink at any depth... I wasn't having a go at your script - sorry if it sounded like I was! I saying that for correct operation we do need sizes for *every* directory, we can't simply list the top two or three levels and guarantee success.. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
