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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-02-21 08:34:41 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-02-21 08:34:41 +0000
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[4.5.8]
+* du accepts new option: --apparent-size
+* du --bytes (-b) works the same way it did in fileutils-3.16 and before
+* du reports proper sizes for directories (not zero) (broken in 4.5.6 or 4.5.7)
* df now always displays under `Filesystem', the device file name
corresponding to the listed mount point. Before, for a block- or character-
special file command line argument, df would display that argument. E.g.,
`df /dev/hda' would list `/dev/hda' as the `Filesystem', rather than say
/dev/hda3 (the device on which `/' is mounted), as it does now.
-* du can now process much deeper hierarchies (subject to virtual memory).
- Before, it would segfault on hierarchies deeper than 20,000-30,000 levels.
+* du can now process much deeper hierarchies on some systems (subject to
+ mmap support, size of virtual memory, etc.). Before, it would segfault
+ on hierarchies deeper than 20,000-30,000 levels due to stack limitation
+ and excessive recursion.
* test now works properly when invoked from a set user ID or set group ID
context and when testing access to files subject to alternate protection
mechanisms. For example, without this change, a set-UID program that invoked