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| author | Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de> | 2012-08-14 09:22:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2012-08-14 11:34:54 +0200 |
| commit | 46afefaaa8ea95b5eb63a62792774cd18738234a (patch) | |
| tree | 4d76b669c082df105808d05af462652923d70258 /doc | |
| parent | a07dfa9064bf80b4ceea7048c3104495797a6668 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-46afefaaa8ea95b5eb63a62792774cd18738234a.tar.xz | |
df: fail when the mount list is required but cannot be read
* src/df.c (main): Add conditions to fail when the mount list cannot
be read: this includes the cases when a file name argument is given
and any of -a, -l, -t or -x is used.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document the additional error conditions.
* tests/df/no-mtab-status: Add a new test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 516ec7311..744b41a9f 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -10754,6 +10754,11 @@ inspect the exit status of a command like @samp{df -t ext3 -t reiserfs @var{dir}} to test whether @var{dir} is on a file system of type @samp{ext3} or @samp{reiserfs}. +Since the list of file systems (@var{mtab}) is needed to determine the +file system type, failure includes the cases when that list cannot +be read and one or more of the options @option{-a}, @option{-l}, @option{-t} +or @option{-x} is used together with a file name argument. + @node du invocation @section @command{du}: Estimate file space usage |