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Re:Bcachefs Merged into the Linux 6.7 Kernel by yencabulator on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @06:29PM (#38184602)
You're moving the goalposts. You said

> I want a 100% accurate accounting of free space at all times via the standard xNix free-disk-space reporting command

You don't get that on many modern storage systems, because of thin provisioning.

You don't get that even on old school unix if you ask separately in two different directories, and fail to account for whether they're on the same filesystem or not.

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Re:Bcachefs Merged into the Linux 6.7 Kernel by lproven on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:14PM (#38198621)
And again, since you seem not to have noticed:

[[citation needed]]

All xNix owners who can use the shell competently know that different directories may have different free-space counts. The problem is when the filesystem won't tell you a real free-space count at all.

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