* tests/misc/stat-mount: Don't try to correlate the
mount points output by df and stat, as they're similar,
but sometimes different in the presence of bind mounts.
* doc/coretuils.texi (stat invocation): Clarify the
bind mount difference between stat and df.
file system list, instead operating on them directly
@item
@cindex bind mount
-stat outputs the alias for a bind mounted file,
-rather than its backing device. One can recursively call stat
-until there is no change in output, to get the base mount point
+stat outputs the alias for a bind mounted file, rather than
+the initial mount point of its backing device.
+One can recursively call stat until there is no change in output,
+to get the current base mount point
@end itemize
When listing file system information (@option{--file-system} (@option{-f})),
. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
-# Note we assume that the current directory is not bind mounted
-# (as then, stat and df may have different results).
-# This should be the case given the directory is temporary
-# for the duration of the test.
-
df_mnt=$(df -P . | sed -n '2s/.* \([^ ]*$\)/\1/p')
-stat_mnt=$(stat -c%m .)
-
-test "$df_mnt" = "$stat_mnt" || fail=1
+stat_mnt=$(stat -c%m .) || fail=1
+test "$stat_mnt" || fail=1
Exit $fail