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Why DU And DF Display Different Values On Linux And Unix

Posted by eggi on · 1 comment
The Linux and Unix Menagerie; By Mike Tremell
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Sometimes, df's best estimate can be off by more than several Gigabytes... give or take ;) Today we're going to look at a little something that is a fairly hot-running-water issue on most of the Linux and Unix boards lately (actually, probably always has been, but our research staff quit on us ;) This post will be similar in focus to our previous post on the differences between sar and vmstat with regards to free memory/swap reporting.

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Re-arrange the letters in DU and DF and it spells FUDD!! So the real title of this article is "Why Linux And Unix Display Different FUDD Values"

So maybe it's about Bugs Bunny. I'm confused.

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