KASTURI VENKATA SESHA SASIDHAR wrote:
> Hello,
>         I am working on open solaris bugs .. and need to change the code of 
> df in the above two folders..
> 
> I would like to know why there are two df's with diff options in the 
> respective folders.. 
> /usr/bin/df is different is from /usr/xpg4/bin/df!!
> 
> Why is it so?? What is this xpg4 represent?


One is explicitly compatible with the POSIX/XPG-4 standards specification,
the other with legacy SunOS/Solaris behavior - and there are option- or
behavior- conflicts between them both such that they couldn't be the same
executable without breaking compatibility with one spec or the other.
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