参考man reference可以看出,-b(作用相同-P), -k, -m or -g这些参数分别对应以不同的块大小(Block Size),512-bytes-block, kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes来计算disck free space.
从-h 和 -H两个参数选项中可以看出,这些不同的BLOCKSIZE只是为了以不同的基数计算出磁盘可用空间,以用户友好的方式显示出来。
BLOCKSIZE的大小按照一定的优先级来确定:
如果在本次命令中设置了BLOCKSIZE的大小,例如-b -k -h等等,则使用相应的大小;
否则,本次程序运行在SHELL的环境变量中看是否设置了BLOCKSIZE的大小,如果有,则使用;
e.g.
ME-Macbook-Pro:Downloads me$ export BLOCKSIZE=728
ME-Macbook-Pro:Downloads me$ df
Filesystem    728-blocks      Used Available Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2   291989320 289193340   2475980   100%    /
devfs                364       364         0   100%    /dev
map -hosts             0         0         0   100%    /net
map auto_home          0         0         0   100%    /home
最后,默认使用512-bytes-block;
-b      Use (the default) 512-byte blocks.  This is only useful as a way to override an BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment.
-g      Use 1073741824-byte (1-Gbyte) blocks rather than the default.  Note that this overrides the BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment.
-k      Use 1024-byte (1-Kbyte) blocks, rather than the default.  Note that this overrides the BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment.
-m      Use 1048576-byte (1-Mbyte) blocks rather than the default.  Note that this overrides the BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment.
-P      Use (the default) 512-byte blocks.  This is only useful as a way to override an BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment.
-H      "Human-readable" output.  Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to three or less using base 10 for sizes.
-h      "Human-readable" output.  Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to three or less using base
2 for sizes.