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di - disk information utility
Website: https://diskinfo-di.sourceforge.io/
SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/diskinfo-di/
CONTENTS
Important Notes: Version 5/6
Description
Documentation
Installation
Requirements
Porting Help
Acknowledgements
Copyright
IMPORTANT NOTES: VERSION 5/6 (2025-3-10)
Version 5's code base has changed. The build process has changed and
optionally uses cmake (3.13+). The display processing is entirely new code.
Version 6 had an ABI change to fix a crash.
Version 5/6 installs a shared library that can be used to get the disk
space or percentages.
Version 5/6 is very new, and there could still be errors.
DESCRIPTION
'di' is a disk information utility, displaying everything
(and more) that your 'df' command does. It features the
ability to display your disk usage in whatever format you
prefer. It is designed to be highly portable. Great for
heterogenous networks.
DOCUMENTATION
wiki: https://sourceforge.net/p/diskinfo-di/wiki/Home/
Change Log: https://sourceforge.net/p/diskinfo-di/wiki/ChangeLog
Test Results: https://sourceforge.net/p/diskinfo-di/wiki/Testing
INSTALLATION
To build:
make -e PREFIX=$HOME/local
make -e PREFIX=$HOME/local install
The build will use cmake if it is available and recent enough (3.13),
otherwise the mkconfig configuration tool will be used.
To use cmake in a stand-alone fashion (version 5.0.4):
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/local -S . -B build
cmake --build build
cmake --install build
If the GMP or libtommath library is found, it will be used,
otherwise the numerics will be handled using standard C data types
(long double, double, etc.).
To turn off the use of the multi-precision libraries;
make -e PREFIX=$HOME/local DI_USE_MATH=DI_INTERNAL
Long doubles are quite capable, there's nothing wrong with
building it this way (as of 2025).
To force GMP:
make -e PREFIX=$HOME/local DI_USE_MATH=DI_GMP
To force libtommath:
make -e PREFIX=$HOME/local DI_USE_MATH=DI_TOMMATH
For OpenSUSE and others that use .../lib64, with mkconfig (cmake
will generate the proper path):
make -e PREFIX=$HOME/local LIBNM=lib64
make -e PREFIX=$HOME/local LIBNM=lib64 install
REQUIREMENTS
cmake build
make
cmake (3.13+)
pkg-config
msgfmt
C compiler
sed grep tr test /bin/sh
awk (gawk/nawk/awk)
mkconfig build
make
pkg-config
msgfmt
C compiler
bourne/ksh/bash shell
awk (gawk/nawk/awk)
cat chmod ln mkdir mv rm sed test expr grep sort
libraries:
Linux: tirpc (nfs quotas)
MP Math: gmp or libtommath (optional)
BUG REPORTS
I need to know what operating system and what version of
operating system you are on. Also which compiler, and the version
of the compiler.
For build issues, capture the output from `make`, and the files
listed below.
For runtime issues, I want to see the output from 'di -A -a -X 5'
and the output from your standard df command (as verbose as possible),
Files to include in your report:
cmake:
build/config.h
build/CMakeOutput.log
build/CMakeError.log
build/CMakeFiles/CMakeConfigureLog.yaml
mkconfig:
config.h
di.env
di.reqlibs
mkc_files/mkconfig.log
mkc_files/mkconfig_env.log
mkc_files/mkc_compile.log
Open a ticket at : https://sourceforge.net/p/diskinfo-di/tickets/
Or e-mail : brad.lanam.di_at_gmail.com
PORTING HELP
I use my own set of virtual machines, the gcc compile farm, and
polarhome (which is now limited, and will probably die at some
point).
If you have a computer on the internet with a less common or older
operating system, I could use access for portability testing.
I need access to HP-UX.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
And for their comments/source/manual pages and/or bug fixes, thanks!
J.J.Bailey
Karl Vogel [pyramid]
Bryan Costales
Mark Neale
Pat Myrto [sunOS filesystem type stuff]
Henri Karrenbeld [sgi]
Peter Bray
George M. Sipe [manual page]
Jeffrey Mogul [ultrix, osf/1, manual page, new format options]
Th. Bullinger [help usage]
Seth Theriault [next, tru64]
Stephen J. Walick [SCO]
Gerald Rinske [sgi]
Mike Grupenhoff [linux]
R.K.Lloyd [hpux]
William Gibbs [xenix]
Randy Thompson [sequent]
Erik O'Shaughnessy [aix]
Bill Davidsen [linux, SCO, etc., new format options]
Fred Smith [coherent 4.2.05]
Andrey Blochintsev [bsdi]
Brian Ginsbach [netbsd, irix, unicos]
et. al.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1994-2025 Brad Lanam, Pleasant Hill, CA, USA
brad.lanam.di_at_gmail.com
https://diskinfo-di.sourceforge.io
