[parted-devel] 'print free': does not work

[Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray]

> Can you provide an example output and point what's the problem on it?

The following session with the Parted sources from the Git tree can be
taken as an example. I have also added the output of 'df' to point the
amount of usage on each file-system.

[rishi at Sunflower parted-build]$ sudo parted/parted /dev/hda
GNU Parted 1.8.0
Using /dev/hda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print free

Model: ST93015A (ide)
Disk /dev/hda: 30.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      32.3kB  98.7MB  98.7MB  primary   ext3         boot
 2      98.7MB  19.4GB  19.3GB  primary   ext3
 3      19.4GB  25.9GB  6440MB  primary   ext3
 4      25.9GB  30.0GB  4137MB  extended
 5      25.9GB  28.0GB  2147MB  logical   ext3
 6      28.0GB  29.1GB  1077MB  logical   ext3
 7      29.1GB  29.3GB  239MB   logical   ext3
 8      29.3GB  30.0GB  674MB   logical   linux-swap

(parted) select /dev/hda1
Using /dev/hda1
(parted) print free

Model: Unknown (unknown)
Disk /dev/hda1: 98.7MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Flags
 1      0.00kB  98.7MB  98.7MB  ext3

(parted) quit
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.

[rishi at Sunflower parted-build]$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2              18G   15G  1.9G  89% /
/dev/hda1              92M   19M   68M  22% /boot
/dev/hda3             6.0G  5.1G  616M  90% /data
tmpfs                 109M     0  109M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda7             221M  153M   57M  74% /devel
/dev/hda5             2.0G  1.6G  256M  87% /home
/dev/hda6             996M  737M  208M  78% /tmp
/iso/fc5-dvd.iso      3.1G  3.1G     0 100% /mnt/fc5-dvd-iso
/dev/sda1             492M  465M  2.0M 100% /media/pendr
[rishi at Sunflower parted-build]$

Happy hacking,
Debarshi
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