Bug 79993

Summary:	df shows weird output on long devicenames
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Christian Heim (RETIRED) <phreak>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-02/msg00103.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Adds -w / --wide for long devicenames (e.g. like /dev/discs/disc3/part13)

Description Christian Heim (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-01-29 13:43:46 UTC

Currently using coreutils-5.2.1-r2 and the 'df' output is a bit weird.

See the attached patch which was posted on the bug-coreutils mailinglist (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-02/msg00103.html)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge '>=sys-apps/coreutils-5.2.1-r2'
2. df /var
Actual Results:  
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/discs/disc0/part7
                      2.9G  275M  2.5G  11% /var


Expected Results:  
Filesystem                 Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/discs/disc0/part7     2.9G  275M  2.5G  11% /var

Comment 1 Christian Heim (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-01-29 13:45:24 UTC

Created attachment 49881 [details, diff]
Adds -w / --wide for long devicenames (e.g. like /dev/discs/disc3/part13)

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-01-29 20:51:38 UTC

as pointed out in that thread, `df -P` already does this pretty much

there's also talk of changing `df` to work automagically like `ls`, so lets just let them figure it out