--- 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. ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.