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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: When df disagrees with du
Date: 10 Nov 1996 04:14:13 -0000
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In article <328290C4.41C67EA6@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>,
"Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes:
:
: No, there is not a bug. When you create a partition, you normal have
: a certain amount of reserved space (5 to 10%). Thus, 100% occupancy
: means that the normally available space is full while the additional
: 7% is related to the use of the reserved space.
:
: man newfs
:
: see the -m option.
It's a pitty there's no "-S" option to df. I've seen this on OSs such
as Sequent PTX - it allows you to see the "real" disk space from root's
perspective.
--
Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
.