From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jun 26 18:05:04 2013 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2013 22:05:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43752 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Urxpl-0004Mb-T2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:05:03 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58522) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UrxQy-0003Rq-JQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UrxQs-0000mB-B9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:19 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-101.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:39386) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UrxQs-0000m7-8p for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:18 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60237) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UrxQr-00084F-0V for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UrxQp-0000km-RW for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:16 -0400 Received: from gw-d.mimosa.com ([209.161.207.149]:44504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UrxQp-0000jT-Lq for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:15 -0400 Received: from gw-c.mimosa.com (reddoor.mimosa.com [192.139.70.80]) by gw-d.mimosa.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id r5QLdDBH022973 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:14 -0400 Received: from redclaw.mimosa.com (redclaw.mimosa.com. [192.139.70.88]) by gw-c.mimosa.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id r5QLdDnG029515 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:39:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "D. Hugh Redelmeier" To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: minor bug in DF(1) manpage and techinfo page Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LRH 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:05:00 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "D. Hugh Redelmeier" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) The man page for DF says: If an argument is the absolute file name of a disk device node containing a mounted file system, df shows the space available on that file system rather than on the file system containing the device node (which is always the root file system). Device nodes are not always on the root file system. In particular, on my Fedora 18 system, mount shows: devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,seclabel,size=3038532k,nr_inodes=759633,mode=755) Just removing the parenthetical comment fixes this. Interestingly, the techinfo page is slightly different but still wrong: If an argument FILE is a disk device file containing a mounted file system, `df' shows the space available on that file system rather than on the file system containing the device node (i.e., the root file system). Another point about these sentences: Does the pathname have to be absolute? Experiments seem to indicate that it does. So the man page is more correct than the techinfo page. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jun 27 07:42:05 2013 Received: (at 14727-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jun 2013 11:42:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44905 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UsAaR-0000KA-Pt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:42:04 -0400 Received: from mail3.vodafone.ie ([213.233.128.45]:40110) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UsAaP-0000JF-EW for 14727-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:42:02 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjgDAOwjzFFda8Ph/2dsb2JhbAANToM6v0gDAYEUgxcBAQEEMgFGEAsNCwkWDwkDAgECAUUGDQEHAQGIFqgSkjKOdl8Hg2MDngmOEw Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.1.79]) ([93.107.195.225]) by mail3.vodafone.ie with ESMTP; 27 Jun 2013 12:41:54 +0100 Message-ID: <51CC2502.6020906@draigBrady.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:41:54 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig_Brady?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130110 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "D. Hugh Redelmeier" Subject: Re: bug#14727: minor bug in DF(1) manpage and techinfo page References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 14727-done Cc: 14727-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 06/26/2013 10:39 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > The man page for DF says: > > If an argument is the absolute file name of a disk device node > containing a mounted file system, df shows the space available on > that file system rather than on the file system containing the > device node (which is always the root file system). > > Device nodes are not always on the root file system. In particular, > on my Fedora 18 system, mount shows: > > devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,seclabel,size=3038532k,nr_inodes=759633,mode=755) > > Just removing the parenthetical comment fixes this. > > Interestingly, the techinfo page is slightly different but still wrong: > > If an argument FILE is a disk device file containing a mounted > file system, `df' shows the space available on that file system > rather than on the file system containing the device node (i.e., > the root file system). > > Another point about these sentences: > > Does the pathname have to be absolute? Experiments seem to indicate > that it does. So the man page is more correct than the techinfo page. Pushed: http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=1b90421 thanks! Pádraig. From unknown Mon Jun 16 23:49:51 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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