bug#7042: df --help does not show `-m' option (original) (raw)

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From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#7042: df --help does not show `-m' option
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:20:18 +0100
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On 16/09/10 12:59, Petr Pisar wrote:

Hello,

I found df' utility from coreutils-8.5 does not describe -m' option that is mentioned in info page and the program accepts it.

-- Petr

-m was deprecated in 2001 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commit;h=d1772031

It is not mentioned in the info page as far as I can see It's not specified by POSIX It's not used in solaris It is used in FreeBSD

So this is much the same argument as supporting dd bs=1m http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2010-09/msg00028.html

Also there was a previous request for df -g and du -g http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-12/msg00000.html

The only reason one would support these is for compat with FreeBSD, and if we did, we wouldn't want to promote their use through documentation.

cheers, Pádraig.