mogstored and df(1) arguments

[Joshua Thijssen]

Isn't there a standard CPAN lib for requesting diskspace? This would
very much take care of portability issues (i hope :)).

Or at the very least, supply the diskfree command from the configfile maybe?

Leon Brocard wrote:
> On 3/9/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain at segment7.net> wrote:
>
>> -k specifies 1024-byte blocks, but -P specifies POSIX mode which uses
>> 512-byte blocks.  It appears that the -P wins since it comes last.
>
> This sounds awfully like a silly portability thing.
>
> uname -a; df -k -l -P
> Darwin roo.config 8.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22
> 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh
> powerpc
> Filesystem   512-blocks     Used     Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> ...
>
>
> uname -a; df -k -l -PLinux kanga.astray.com 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 #6 Wed
> May 7 20:56:57 BST 2003 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel
> GNU/Linux
> Filesystem         1024-blocks      Used Available Capacity Mounted on
> ...
>
> uname -a; df -k -l -P
> Linux braga 2.6.8-2-686-smp #1 SMP Thu May 19 17:27:55 JST 2005 i686
GNU/Linux
> ...
>
> uname -a; df -k -l -P
> SunOS searchuk 5.9 Generic_112233-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
> df: unknown option: P
> Usage: df [-F FSType] [-abeghklntVv] [-o FSType-specific_options]
> [directory | block_device | resource]
>
> Pesky operating systems!
>
> Why, what does it do on your OS?
>
> Leon