Re: [PATCH 1/2] Update btrfs filesystem df command

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On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 09:38:52PM +0100, Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 11:34:00PM +0300, Ilya Dryomov wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 07:22:31PM +0200, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> [snip]
> > > +static const char * const cmd_disk_free_usage[] = {
> > > +	"btrfs filesystem df [-d|-s][-k] <path> [<path>..]",
> > > +	"Show space usage information for a mount point(s).",
> > > +	"",
> > > +	"-k\tSet KB (1024 bytes) as unit",
> > > +	"-s\tShow the summary section only",
> > > +	"-d\tShow the detail section only",
> > > +	NULL
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +static int cmd_disk_free(int argc, char **argv)
> > > +{
> > > +
> > > +	int 	flags=DF_SHOW_SUMMARY|DF_SHOW_DETAIL|DF_HUMAN_UNIT;
> > > +	int	i, more_than_one=0;
> > > +
> > > +	optind = 1;
> > > +	while(1){
> > > +		char	c = getopt(argc, argv, "dsk");
> > > +		if(c<0)
> > > +			break;
> > > +		switch(c){
> > > +			case 'd':
> > > +				flags &= ~DF_SHOW_SUMMARY;
> > > +				break;
> > > +			case 's':
> > > +				flags &= ~DF_SHOW_DETAIL;
> > > +				break;
> > > +			case 'k':
> > > +				flags &= ~DF_HUMAN_UNIT;
> > > +				break;
> > > +			default:
> > > +				usage(cmd_disk_free_usage);
> > > +		}
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	if( !(flags & (DF_SHOW_SUMMARY|DF_SHOW_DETAIL)) ){
> > > +		fprintf(stderr, "btrfs filesystem df: it is not possible to specify -s AND -d\n");
> > 
> > This doesn't look right at all.  You are adding two switches and
> > specifying both of them is an error?  A little too much for a command
> > whose job is to do some basic math and pretty-print the result.
> > 
> > How about displaying just the summary by default and then adding a
> > *single* switch (-v or whatever) for summary+details?
> 
>    I'd prefer to see both sections by default. The reason for this is
> that without both sections, people tend to get confused because they
> don't know they're looking at half the story (e.g. some numbers change
> twice as fast as they think they should).

If we want both sections by default, there is no need for any switches
whatsoever, I think.

Thanks,

		Ilya
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