On 07/27/2012 08:00 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 07/26/2012 06:11 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> On 07/26/2012 04:43 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>>> On 07/26/2012 04:23 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>
>>>> So a full --output list supported by df could be
>>>> FSTYPE,SOURCE,TARGET,SIZE,USED,AVAIL,FREEPCT
>
> Today, there's no FREEPCT, but USEDPCT.
> I'd leave that.
Oops, right :)
>> Oh right the last 4 items above should also have I... variants
>> to cater for inodes.
>
> What about ISIZE, IUSED, IAVAIL and IUSEDPCT?
Yes, that's what I was thinking.
>>> We could for the first time have blocks and inodes statistics
>>> in one command:
>>
>> Good point, but that could be allowed too with --output
>
> Right.
>
>>> And some directives could have mixed SIZE modifiers, e.g.
>>>
>>> %{SIZE}u used blocks with SIZE like KMGTPEZY.
>>> %{SIZE}i inode number
>>>
>>> df --format="%Tt %Gu %Ki %m"
>>
>> T overlaps, but I see what you mean.
>
> The SIZE could be in {}, e.g. "%{T}t".
>
> How could we do this with --ouput?
> Maybe something like:
>
> df --output=SIZE/M,IFREE/K,USED/1024,TARGET
Too much control I think.
Probably best leave the units globally controlled by -B and -h.
>
>> Would you still want to apply mbsalign to all fields
>> but the last when using a specific format like this?
>
> No, the idea was to create format specifiers for that like
> e.g. "%-FIELD" (left-aligned) and "%+FIELD" (right-aligned),
> and to have the traditional formats be a certain combination
> of it.
>
> This would need a lot of checking ... e.g. if a format string
> contained a '+' or a '-', then what should happen with the
> other fields? Error? Default alignment per field? Centered?
> ... --format is more flexible and much more complex.
>> 60:40 for --output as ordering/selection is needed by some
>> 40:60 against --printf as detailed formatting is needed by few
>
> You see, I'm still jumping between --output and --format, now
> also 60:40 pro --output.
Marginal decisions like this are awkward.
Thanks for taking the time to present possible options.
>
> What do the others think?
>
> Have a nice day,
> Berny
>
cheers,
Pádraig.
