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Old 06-16-2002, 08:24 PM   #1
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Angry When I try to move a file to a dir it says No Space Left on Device. Help


When I try to move a file to a directory it says No Space Left On Device. Please Help
 
Old 06-16-2002, 09:06 PM   #2
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You can check amount of space used and available with the df -h command.

Something like: df -h /name-of-directory
should print out the used and available space on the directory.

Another command you can use is du -h which can see the amount of space a particular file or directory is using.
 
  


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