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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2012-05-15 19:56:21 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2012-05-16 00:21:25 +0100
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downloadcoreutils-0863f018f0fe970ffdb9cc2267a50c018d3944c5.tar.xz
stat: report the correct block size for file system usage
struct statfs has the f_frsize member since Linux 2.6, so use that rather than f_bsize which can be different. Note the related df change mentioned in NEWS is handled in gnulib by using statvfs() rather than statfs() on Linux > 2.6.36 (where statvfs doesn't hang) and the same method as stat for Linux 2.6 kernels earlier than that. stat(1) doesn't use statvfs() on GNU/Linux as the f_type member isn't available there. Note the change to not use statvfs() on GNU/Linux was introduced in gnulib commit eda39b8 16-08-2003. * m4/stat-prog.m4 (cu_PREREQ_STAT_PROG): Check for the f_frsize member in the statfs structure. * src/stat.c: Use (struct statfs).f_frsize if available. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention this stat fix, and the related df fix coming in the next gnulib update. * THANKS.in: Add Nikolaus. Reported and Tested by Nikolaus Rath
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@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
ls --color would mis-color relative-named symlinks in /
[bug introduced in coreutils-8.17]
+ stat and df now report the correct file system usage,
+ in all situations on GNU/Linux, by correctly determining the block size.
+ [df bug since coreutils-5.0.91, stat bug since the initial implementation]
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.17 (2012-05-10) [stable]