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Re: df and multiple-mounted mountpoints
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Tim Waugh |
Subject: |
Re: df and multiple-mounted mountpoints |
Date: |
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:40:49 +0100 |
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On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:19:49AM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Tim Waugh <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > It's misleading because it shows each mounted device on that mount
> > point as having the same size and usage, even the ones which are not
> > at the top of the stack.
>
> OK, I'm starting to understand now (though it'd be nice to see sample
> output).
>
> But I don't understand how to fix the bug. How can df determine which
> mounted device is the correct one, in the case where several devices
> are mounted at the same location?
I've no idea what the correct behaviour ought to be; but the current
behaviour looks wrong.
I don't know if there is a way of asking the kernel for the correct
information, or for determining if some information is not relevant to
a particular file system (independent of the mount point).
Tim.
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