Re: [Boost-users] filesystem statistics

From: Thomas Matelich (matelich_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-23 10:54:36

On 6/22/05, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> "Thomas Matelich" <matelich_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:3944d45805062213536c52a507_at_mail.gmail.com...
> > On 6/22/05, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >> "Thomas Matelich" <matelich_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> >> news:3944d45805062113231fa767ff_at_mail.gmail.com...
> >>
> >> Probably a dumb question, but why did you use <sys/vfs.h> and statfs()
> >> instead of the POSIX <sys/statvfs.h> and statvfs()? Were they not present
> >> on
> >> some of the target systems?
> >>
> >> I would like to include the functionality in Boost.Filesystem, but am
> >> concerned because POSIX lists it as optional.
> >
> > I started with our legacy HP implementation as a reference and didn't
> > need to change it for linux, so I didn't even notice that there was a
> > different header. :-)
> 
> Understood. Does the legacy HP implementation also supply <sys/statvfs.h>
> and statvfs()?

I slapped myself as soon as I saw the question, should have included
that info in my first response.  Yes, HP does have that.