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Re: df: cannot read table of mounted filesystems


From: Kenneth Stailey
Subject: Re: df: cannot read table of mounted filesystems
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 05:25:51 -0700 (PDT)

$ cat /bin/mydf 
#! /bin/sh

mount | awk '{print $3}' | xargs df $*

Works for me except for the stupid warning message.

When in doubt: script

--- Kenneth Stailey <kstailey@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Oystein Viggen <oysteivi@tihlde.org> wrote:
> > * [Jan 'JaSan' Sarenik] 
> > 
> > >   # df
> > >   df: cannot read table of mounted filesystems
> > 
> > With the Hurd, it is difficult to maintain an /etc/mtab (the table of
> > all mounted filesystems), so we don't.
> 
> Very odd.  IIRC typing "mount" does show mounted filesystems so something is
> keeping track of them, right?  Should df be patched to access whatever
> mount(8)
> (which I'm guessing is really showtrans) is acessing?
> 
> > Use "df ." to chech free space on the filesystem containing the current
> > directory, and, for example, "df /home" to check free space on /home.
> > 
> > Oystein
> > -- 
> > When in doubt: Think again.


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