On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 04:51:12PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > Is this not a case of using the wrong tool for the job? The primary purpose > of "df" is to show free space on mounted filesystems. This could be > interpreted to be "show free space on visible mounts".
Possibly, but then I am certainly guilty of using df(1) for these purposes, and I know of many experienced sysadmins that are the same. I'd wager most google-able advice on the matter would suggest df(1). > mount(8) and findmnt(8) [new, and very nice] are more appropriate for this > task. Perhaps, but their manpage sections strongly imply they aren't as generally-useful/usable as df(1), to an ordinary user. (sysadmin tools? here be dragons!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org