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Old 09-02-2003, 10:52 PM   #1
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Total Hard Disk Usage


Hi all,
Got another question for you. I am looking for some utility to find the total disk usage of all the partitions. I know that df will display them independently, but I am looking for something that will give me one lump sum. Thanks,
 
Old 09-02-2003, 10:57 PM   #2
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try

du -hs /

h for human readable, s to avoid printing subdirectories
 
Old 09-02-2003, 10:59 PM   #3
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I have already tried that, the problem is I am trying to do it on a huge raid array with like 8 disks, and I do not have permission in all the directories. Also, it takes forever.

Thanks,
 
Old 09-03-2003, 09:38 AM   #4
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df -h (where h is human again)
 
Old 09-03-2003, 09:43 AM   #5
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# How much free/used drive space
df -h

# Show disk usage by current directory and all subdirectories
du | less

# What takes up so much space on your box
# Run from the directory in question and the largest chunk shows up last
find $1 -type d | xargs du -sm | sort -g
 
  


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