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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Re: Finding diskspace status programatically.
Message-ID: <10650070@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Sep 89 17:30:24 GMT
References: <10651@dasys1.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> AT&T UNIX System V Programmer's Reference Manual, statfs(2):
> 
> "statfs obsoletes ustat and should be used in preference to it in new
> programs."
> 
> Much better all round.

Except that if you want to port it to BSD, you'll find your program
failing in mysterious and wonderful ways, because although a function of the
same name is present, the number and types of the arguments are different.

Good going, folks.

Dave