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authorAaron Burgemeister <dajoker@gmail.com>2010-07-15 19:54:49 -0600
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2010-08-27 22:16:10 +0100
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downloadcoreutils-ddf6fb8686b1ed6a26d5f1c76a642d0fb5fe7ba7.tar.xz
stat: add %m to output the mount point for a file
* src/find-mount-point.c: A new file refactoring find_mount_point() out from df.c * src/find-mount-point.h: Likewise. * src/df.c: Use the new find-mount-point module. * src/stat.c (print_stat): Handle the new %m format. (find_bind_mount): A new function to return the bind mount for a file if any. (out_mount_mount): Print the bind mount for a file, or else the standard mount point given by the find-mount-point module. (usage): Document the %m format directive. * src/Makefile.am: Reference the refactored find-mount-point.c * po/POTFILES.in: Add find_mount_point.c to the translation list * doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Document %m, and how it may differ from the mount point that df outputs. * test/misc/stat-mount: A new test to correlate mount points output from df and stat. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the new feature * THANKS: Add the author Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
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@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
sort now supports -d, -f, -i, -R, and -V in any combination.
+ stat now accepts the %m format directive to output
+ the mount point for a file.
+
** Changes in behavior
df now consistently prints the device name for a bind mounted file,