* src/df.c (main): Fail and don't print the headers if no

file system is processed.  This makes it easy to test whether
a specified directory is on a file system of a given type or types.
Otherwise, applications would have had to parse df's output.
E.g., is "." either ext3 or reiserfs: df -t ext3 -t reiserfs .

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/df.c b/src/df.c
index 2eece1b46..b69836505 100644
--- a/src/df.c
+++ b/src/df.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ static uintmax_t output_block_size;
 /* If true, use the POSIX output format.  */
 static bool posix_format;
 
+/* Count the number of valid arguments.  */
+unsigned int n_valid_args;
+
 /* If true, invoke the `sync' system call before getting any usage data.
    Using this option can make df very slow, especially with many or very
    busy disks.  Note that this may make a difference on some systems --
@@ -292,6 +295,8 @@ show_dev (char const *disk, char const *mount_point,
   if (!selected_fstype (fstype) || excluded_fstype (fstype))
     return;
 
+  ++n_valid_args;
+
   /* If MOUNT_POINT is NULL, then the file system is not mounted, and this
      program reports on the file system that the special file is on.
      It would be better to report on the unmounted file system,
@@ -762,7 +767,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   int c;
   struct stat *stats IF_LINT (= 0);
-  int n_valid_args = 0;
 
   initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
   program_name = argv[0];
@@ -894,10 +898,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	      exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 	      argv[i] = NULL;
 	    }
-	  else
-	    {
-	      ++n_valid_args;
-	    }
 	}
     }
 
@@ -941,5 +941,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       show_all_entries ();
     }
 
+  if (n_valid_args == 0)
+    error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("no file systems processed"));
+
   exit (exit_status);
 }