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df calculus wrong?

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Message #13 received at 11597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: system <system <at> wody2001.de>
Cc: 11597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11597: df calculus wrong?
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 18:00:51 -0600

system wrote:
> I am not an developer but mathematics is one of my favs so how can the
> following explained? 
> 
> Command issued 
> df -h
> 
> response 
> ----paste start -----
> Dateisystem            Größe Benut  Verf Ben% Eingehängt auf
> /dev/sda1              36G   25G  9,1G  73% /

As Pádraig noted this is minfree at work.

  36G * 0.95 = 34.20
  25G / 34.2G = 73%

Please see this reference for more information.

  http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#df-Size-and-Used-and-Available-do-not-add-up

Bob

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