Re: REQ: -g for --block-size=1G

[Greg]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> Now, with regards to your request about -g - we are very reluctant
> to add short options without good reason.  If there is another
> implementation out there using the same letter for the same purpose,
> then that is a good reason.

Okeydoke.  I've got FreeBSD 6.0 and 6.2, NetApp filers (I have 7.2.5.1
and 7.3, which are in modern release, but I don't know how far back it
exists, but I think it's "quite a bit"), and AIX 5 (or is it 5.3?  Not
my box).  Proof of life (uname has been airbrushed to remove $WORK
fingerprints):

address@hidden:~$ uname -a
FreeBSD f9 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Mar  2 14:43:32 EST
2006     address@hidden:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/BUILD_SMP  amd64
address@hidden:~$ df -g /
Filesystem  1G-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/da0s1a         5    0     5     2%    /

address@hidden:~$ uname -a
FreeBSD bldf02 6.2-STABLE-200706 FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE-200706 #0: Fri Jul
27 19:13:02 EDT 2007     address@hidden:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  amd64
address@hidden:~$ df -g /
Filesystem  1G-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/da0s1a         5    0     5     2%    /

granite> version
NetApp Release 7.2.5.1: Wed Jun 25 08:55:16 PDT 2008
granite*> df -g users
Filesystem               total       used      avail capacity  Mounted on
/vol/users/             4725GB     4545GB      179GB      96%  /vol/users/
/vol/users/.snapshot     2775GB     2337GB      437GB      84%
/vol/users/.snapshot

[5300-04-00] address@hidden / -> uname -a
AIX aix-nim 3 5 00C3F88D4C00
[5300-04-00] address@hidden / -> df -g /
Filesystem    GB blocks      Free %Used    Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/hd4          20.00      5.94   71%    34417     3% /