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Old 07-09-2003, 09:14 AM   #1
plisken
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du alternative


Is there an alternative to using the du command to find out what disk/folder space is being used?

I find that using the du command takes forever, and that is only with 30Gb or so...

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Old 07-09-2003, 10:59 AM   #2
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df -h to check in human readable format each partition, etc.

You know with the du command, you can specify a particular directory, which I believe is its main purpose. If you just want a partition output, use the df command.
 
Old 07-09-2003, 11:25 AM   #3
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Try...
du -h --max-depth=X

That will display the sizes in human readable form. It will also only report X levels of depth. For example running du in my /etc path yields...
Code:
[root@localhost etc]# du -h --max-depth=1
72K     ./profile.d
12K     ./rpm
324K    ./sysconfig
48K     ./security
24K     ./skel
32K     ./X11
4.0K    ./opt
24K     ./ssl
4.0K    ./xinetd.d
8.0K    ./default
32K     ./ppp
24K     ./iproute2
52K     ./pam.d
288K    ./rc.d
44K     ./logrotate.d
20K     ./cron.daily
4.0K    ./alternatives
240K    ./makedev.d
128K    ./ssh
4.0K    ./cron.hourly
4.0K    ./cron.monthly
12K     ./cron.weekly
4.0K    ./cron.d
4.0K    ./sasl
16K     ./urpmi
220K    ./httpd
112K    ./hotplug
8.0K    ./t1lib
20K     ./devfs
88K     ./dynamic
76K     ./samba
192K    ./postfix
44K     ./openldap
20K     ./apt
892K    ./webmin
24K     ./dhcpc
4.3M    .
 
Old 07-09-2003, 10:28 PM   #4
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du -h /home/twilli will display home dirctory and associated subdirectories. This is a long output, but not as much as the whole hardrive. Just replace twilli with your name.
 
  


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