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authorKamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>2008-09-03 10:33:06 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-09-03 15:39:28 +0200
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downloadcoreutils-ea2887bbe4c04e3ff5bae2d532a1e19d3198dfce.tar.xz
df: new option: --total to print grand totals
* src/df.c (add_uint_with_neg_flag): New function to add two integral values with separate negation flag. (show_dev): New parameter force_fsu to display numbers directly. Collect summary statistics on each printed device. (usage): Mention new option --total in --help. (main): Initialize summary on program start. Handle new option --total. * tests/df/total: Dummy test case for new --total option. * tests/df/total-awk: Better test case for new --total option (requires awk). * doc/coreutils.texi: Mention new parameter --total. * NEWS: Mention the change. * TODO: Removed completed task.
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@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
With this new option, after a short read, dd repeatedly calls read,
until it fills the incomplete block, reaches EOF, or encounters an error.
+ df accepts a new option --total, which produces a grand total of all
+ arguments after all arguments have been processed.
+
If the GNU MP library is available at configure time, factor and
expr support arbitrarily large numbers. Pollard's rho algorithm is
used to factor large numbers.