--- Kaustubh Gadkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> 
> A G wrote:
> 
> >hi all,
> >
> >when i do a df -h, i see the following:
> >
> >Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted
> on
> >/dev/hdc1             3.8G  1.6G  2.0G  45% /
> >tmpfs                 125M     0  125M   0%
> /dev/shm
> >/dev                  3.8G  1.6G  2.0G  45% /.dev
> >none                  5.0M  2.8M  2.3M  55% /dev
> >
> >can you pl tell me whether the actual %used for the
> >hdd is 1.6 or 2.8 GB?
> >  
> >
> Assuming you're talking about /dev/hdc1, you have
> used 1.6G out of a 
> total of 3.8G. That is what the column labelled
> 'Used' shows. It is not 
> a percentage, rather an actual figure. Also, it
> means that you've used 
> about 45% of the 3.8G available, as shown by the
> column labelled 'Use%'. 
> This can be read as 55% free space, roughly about
> 2.0G, which is what is 
> shown by the 'Avail' column.
> 
> >why is the %used shown twice?
> >
> >  
> >
> Answered above.
> 
> >~A.


No. I dont think u got the ans.

> >/dev/hdc1             3.8G  1.6G  2.0G  45% /
> >tmpfs                 125M     0  125M   0%
> /dev/shm
> >/dev                  3.8G  1.6G  2.0G  45% /.dev
> >none                  5.0M  2.8M  2.3M  55% /dev

my question is why is /dev and also /dev/hdc1 shown?

also what is the relation between /dev, /dev/hdc1 and
none? cos we also see that none's last column is /dev
and /dev's last column is /.dev.

~A.


                
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