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df -m undocumented, why no df -g

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From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: Andreas Jaeger <aj <at> suse.com>, 11858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#11858: df -m undocumented, why no df -g
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:43:56 +0200

On 07/05/2012 02:35 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> However, I'm tempted to remove it directly this time, since it's been
> undocumented for a while:
> 
>   5 years in df.1 and df --help: COREUTILS-6_9-151-g1e07a21
>   11 years in coreutils.texi: FILEUTILS-4_1_4-28-gf5bf6fe
> 
> What do you think?

I agree, the option has been added to df in 1996, and declared
obsolescent in 2001, so the period since the latter is twice as
long as the active use.

And it's very easy to s/--megabytes/-BM/ ...

Have a nice day,
Berny

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