> > each file server has a unique path name, called the qid (as charles > > mentioned). but between (instances of) file servers, qids are not unique.
/dev/pid has a different size depending on what your pid happens to be. so i think your statement is still too strong. > I will not exchange the distributed nature of Plan9; and the namespace; > and the everything is a file etc. against the ability to have du(1) > telling me "acurately" what is stored here and only here (since I have > other means to know with the console). taking the original problem — "how much disk space am i using", i think you're in a better position than a unix user would be. you can always mount the fileserver serving the on-disk files from / someplace unique and get an accurate count from there. you're right that that's not a general solution. but then again, you have a specific question to which there's an easy (if specific) answer. - erik
