GNU bug report logs - #50940
how df utility displays sizes - GB vs GiB

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Danie de Jager <danie.dejager <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 15:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #38 received at 50940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Chris Murphy <lists <at> colorremedies.com>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: Danie de Jager <danie.dejager <at> gmail.com>, 50940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50940: how df utility displays sizes - GB vs GiB
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 13:42:13 -0700

On 10/4/21 13:31, Chris Murphy wrote:
> Is the primary
> target audience for human-readable values humans? Or scripts

Both.

Output columns are at a premium, so there is some advantage to omitting 
the units suffix (plus a lot of tradition for omission, outside of 
coreutils).
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