Finding diskspace status programatically.

Dave Decot decot at hpisod2.HP.COM
Wed Sep 13 03:30:24 AEST 1989


> 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



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