> One of the things system administrators often do is > monitor their > systems for signs of trouble, which includes > partitions that are getting > close to full. I would not be surprised if there > were a lot of > homegrown monitoring scripts that parse df output.
Yes, of course, what did you expect? Whole monitoring suites and frameworks have been written around `df -h`, or rather, `df -k` on older Solaris systems with SNMP traps and everything. It's the bread and butter of just about every monitoring infrastructure that does not use BMC Patrol or some such. > The reason for maintaining the default format is to > avoid breaking > users' software. And it is very much appreciated! That is one of the biggest gems in Solaris's crown. We just need to show the Linux immigrants the advantages of that... somehow. I don't have all the answers, but I do have some ideas, which I presented here. > The reason for maintaining standards compliance is to > make it easier for > users to write portable code. Yes Sir, and I for one am grateful for that! If I am just careful enough, I can write tools and scripts that will work on HP-UX and IRIX *without* modification thanks to your (plural) efforts. And that means a lot to me! It's a big deal, both in system administration and in system engineering. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
