vy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Would the following re-wording be in some small way an improvement to what
> is there at the Disk usage node?
The old text could stand improvement, yes, thanks. However, I liked
some of its vigor, so I installed the following patch instead.
2006-09-19 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* coreutils.texi (Disk usage): Clarify intro.
Problem reported by Van Ly.
--- doc/coreutils.texi.~1.351~ 2006-09-19 15:06:37.000000000 -0700
+++ doc/coreutils.texi 2006-09-19 15:38:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -9229,11 +9229,9 @@ For example, use @samp{touch ./12312359
@cindex disk usage
-No disk can hold an infinite amount of data. These commands report on
-how much disk storage is in use or available. (This has nothing much to
-do with how much @emph{main memory}, i.e., RAM, a program is using when
-it runs; for that, you want @command{ps} or @command{pstat} or @command{swap}
-or some such command.)
+No disk can hold an infinite amount of data. These commands report
+how much disk storage is in use or available, report other file and
+file status information, and write buffers to disk.
@menu
* df invocation:: Report file system disk space usage.
_______________________________________________
Bug-coreutils mailing list
Bug-coreutils@gnu.org
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
