disk space unnecessarily full

mbanwi · 09-07-2009, 09:48 AM

hi, am just new in linux. my / directory shows 50% used space, yet i don't seem to see which directory is eating up disk space. can anyone help?

EricTRA · 09-07-2009, 09:50 AM

Hello,

Check out the du command.

Code:

man du

will give you complete description.

Kind regards,

Eric

druuna · 09-07-2009, 09:52 AM

Hi,

As root goto the root directory (/) and use the following command: du -sch *

This will show you the dir sizes, zoom in and repeat the process.

BTW: 50% does say that much, depends a bit on the size of the disk(s) and what is installed.

Hope this helps.