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Old 04-07-2003, 12:23 AM   #1
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Is there a way to tell how much space on your disk is used up?


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Old 04-07-2003, 12:29 AM   #2
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df -h

man df

du -h

man du

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Old 04-07-2003, 12:32 AM   #3
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Tight, even gives swap usage! Thanks for the great info man.
 
Old 04-07-2003, 12:40 AM   #4
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You're welcome

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Old 04-07-2003, 12:41 AM   #5
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One thing to note:
df/du can/will only give info on mounted partitions; so if you have a partition that is unmounted you want info on, you've got to mount it first

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