a df option question

slr plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:36:16 -0700


nor have i, my RH7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 boxes all report:

df -b MB
df: invalid option -- b
Try `df --help' for more information

what version of mdk are they running?

slr

On Thursday 13 June 2002 10:59 am, Lynn David Newton wrote:
> I have a couple of students using Mandrake on laptops
> who reported to me that df -B MB is a valid option for
> df on their system. They even supply output showing
> what it does.
>
> I've never heard of such an option in any version of
> Unix I've ever used. Mandrake is based on Red Hat,
> which uses the GNU tools for all the most standard
> utilities, right?
>
> Does anyone know anything about this? I'd love to see a
> df(1) man page off a Mandrake system.