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authorBernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>2012-09-29 18:44:18 +0200
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2012-11-08 16:12:02 +0000
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df: document the new --output option
* src/df.c (usage): Add a short description of --output and its available field names for use in the optional argument. * doc/coreutils.texi (df invocation): Add the new option with more details and a few examples. * NEWS (New features): Mention the new option. (Changes in behvaior): Mention the new placeholder for fields in the "total" line.
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* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** New features
+
+ df now accepts the --output[=FIELD_LIST] option to define the list of columns
+ to include in the output, or all available columns if the FIELD_LIST is
+ omitted. Note this enables df to output both block and inode fields together.
+
** Bug fixes
pr -n no longer crashes when passed values >= 32. Also line numbers are
consistently padded with spaces, rather than with zeros for certain widths.
[bug introduced in TEXTUTILS-1_22i]
+** Changes in behavior
+
+ df --total now prints '-' into the target column (mount point) of the
+ summary line, accommodating to the --output option where the target
+ field can be in any column. If there is no source column, then df
+ prints 'total' into the target column.
+
** Build-related
Perl is now more of a prerequisite. It has long been required in order