[mythtv-users] Myth reports incorrect disk space usage?

Henk Poley hpoley at dds.nl
Thu Jul 15 15:28:19 EDT 2004


Op donderdag 15 juli 2004 21:00, schreef Jason Keirstead:
> On July 15, 2004 03:41 pm, Tim Tait wrote:
> > Wow, I didn't expect this question to draw much attention! The drive is
> > large, so maybe the reserved root space is the reason.
> >
> > The df used result equates to about 6,480 MB.
> >
> >  From Mythweb status page:
> >   Total Space: 167,428 MB
> >   Space Used: 15,440 MB
> >   Space Free: 151,988 MB
>
> It is not the reserved root.
>
> The reserved root space only affects the amount free on the drive. It does
> not affect the amount used by files in any way.

If you want to check see programs/mythbackend/mainserver.cpp for the methode 
MainServer::getFreeSpace. It uses statfs, see 'man statfs' for that.

You could also check the mythtv mailinglist archives, as someone else said, 
this has been beaten to death before ;-)

	Henk Poley <><


PS: This is not meant as a rude comment. I just (30 minutes) ago unpacked the 
mythtv source to dive into it. Go figure.


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