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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-10-27 11:41:09 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-10-27 14:12:17 +0000
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doc: mention that df -a includes duplicate file systems
* src/df.c (usage): Mention that duplicate file systems are shown with this option, not just dummy file systems. * doc/coreutils.texi (df invocation): For the --all option, expand on the class of normally suppressed mount entries that it includes. Reported in http://bugs.debian.org/737399
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@@ -11229,11 +11229,15 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
@itemx --all
@opindex -a
@opindex --all
-@cindex automounter file systems
@cindex ignore file systems
-Include in the listing dummy file systems, which
-are omitted by default. Such file systems are typically special-purpose
-pseudo-file-systems, such as automounter entries.
+Include in the listing dummy, duplicate, or inaccessible file systems, which
+are omitted by default. Dummy file systems are typically special purpose
+pseudo file systems such as @samp{/proc}, with no associated storage.
+Duplicate file systems are local or remote file systems that are mounted
+at separate locations in the local file hierarchy, or bind mounted locations.
+Inaccessible file systems are those which are mounted but subsequently
+over-mounted by another file system at that point, or otherwise inaccessible
+due to permissions of the mount point etc.
@item -B @var{size}
@itemx --block-size=@var{size}