Re: REQ: -g for --block-size=1G

[Eric Blake]

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According to Greg on 12/6/2008 9:41 AM:
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Now, with regards to your request about -g - we are very reluctant
>> to add short options without good reason.  If there is another
>> implementation out there using the same letter for the same purpose,
>> then that is a good reason.
> 
> address@hidden:~$ df -g /
> Filesystem  1G-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/da0s1a         5    0     5     2%    /

All right - now we're getting somewhere.  Since other implementations
already provide -g, that is a strong argument for us adopting it.  But
before GNU coreutils implements -g, we need to determine whether the
FreeBSD uses 1G (1024^3, or 2^30) or 1GB (1000^3, or 10^9) (I'm hoping 1G,
as that would be more consistent with our existing -m as 1M, not 1MB).
Does their man-page clarify anything?

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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