On Aug 30, 2014 9:55 PM, "Shriramana Sharma" <samjnaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello. There seem to be lots of questions in various forums re the > output of btrfs fi df -- especially w.r.t. the usage of the word > "total". For example see https://community.oracle.com/thread/2459838 > > I feel it would make the intent clearer if "total" were changed to > "alloc" or "allocated" (if the short form is felt unclear). It would > also help people understand the output of regular df on a btrfs system > since one can understand easier that pre-allocated space would count > as "used" space as it is not free! > > -- Just a user here, but I think that's a GREAT idea. Even after reading the man page and wiki the current output isn't terribly easy to understand for the uninitiated. I think "allocated" is a much better representation of the actual state of the fs (as I understand it). -- 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
