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Date:      Tue, 4 Jul 2000 15:47:25 -0400
From:      Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/19635: add -c for grand total to df(1), like du(1) does
Message-ID:  <20000704154725.A445@argon.gryphonsoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <17501.962719606@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 04:06:46PM %2B0200
References:  <20000703212151.B94372@argon.gryphonsoft.com> <17501.962719606@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>

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On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 04:06:46PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> My only objection is that it seems to produce useless values.  Can you
> think of a use for these grand totals?

They are helpful for monitoring total space; I would use them in
administrative scripts to watch my space.

Granted, this job could be done by shell scripts.. but I think it would
be useful in df(1).

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