GNU bug report logs - #10281
du: hard-links counting with multiple arguments (commit

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 10282, 11526

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: 10281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10281: change in behavior of du with multiple arguments (commit
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:13:32 -0700

Alan Curry wrote:
> Why not let the -c total be correct *and* the -s individual numbers also be
> correct for the names they are next to? Like this:
> 
> $ mkdir a b ; echo hello > a/a ; ln a/a b/b ; du -cs a b
> 8       a
> 8       b
> 12      total
> 
> The fact that the numbers on the left don't add up means there is less
> redundancy in the output. Each number actually tells me something you can't
> derive from the others. There is higher information content. This is good,
> not bad.

I like this idea.  +1

Bob
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