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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
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Subject: Re: bin/19635: add -c for grand total to df(1), like du(1) does 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:47:25 -0400."
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On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:47:25 -0400, Will Andrews wrote:

> 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.

Okay, then.  Let me be more specific.  How is the notion of "total
space" useful? :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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