On Oct 25, 2012, at 9:36 PM, cwillu [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Chris Murphy [off-list ref] wrote:

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So what's the intended distinction between 'fi df' and 'fi show'? Because for months using btrfs I'd constantly be confused which command was going to show me what information I wanted, and that tells me there should be some better distinction between the commands.

Or the distinction should be removed, which is what this patch effectively does.

Ok fine. But I still think it needs a -s (summary) or -v (more detail) switch. The combined amount of information from existing df and show in a single command is too much information at a glance. The idea that only a human being can evaluate that pile of data into a meaningful answer to their questions strikes me as flawed. That it's a non-trivial boolean problem I'll accept, but if a human can consistently draw reasonable conclusions from this data dump then something can summarize it into the same - albeit not answering all possible questions.

Chris Murphy