On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Wes <anomaly256@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just wondering, > > Why is this command called 'df' when it reports total space and used > space but not free space? Wouldn't this be more aptly named 'btrfs > filesystem du' ? > It's been my understanding that traditionally 'df' has been to display > free space remaining (as well as total available and used, but with > the focus being on free space. The 'df' man page indicates this as > well.) I don't know much of what goes on inside BtrFS, but I like to point out that btrfs fi df doesn't actually report total space on the disk, only the total space currently allocated. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
