From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 14:47:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DD01065B3A for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:47:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [69.31.85.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A508FC19 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:47:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from [172.16.18.7] ([207.18.114.110]) (authenticated user mikel@olivent.com) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio MailServer 6.6.2) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:47:48 -0400 References: <1240369698.1037.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <18926.36333.97916.797016@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Message-Id: <2BACEC82-1E74-4ECD-B833-F47F394469DF@olivent.com> From: Mikel King To: Christopher Chambers In-Reply-To: <18926.36333.97916.797016@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:46:14 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Robert Huff Subject: Re: Disk usage analysis X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:47:59 -0000 On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:24 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > Christopher Chambers writes: > >> Is there an easy way to analyze disk usage to determine which >> files and folders are taking up the most space? > > If this isn't a FAQ, then search the mailing list archives. > This question, or something leading to it like "out of disk space", > comes up regularly. > > > Robert Huff I used to run durep on my shared servers. The package seems a bit out of date and I have often considered adopting it as a pet project to rewrite/update, but time, time and time always seem to be an issue. You can read more about the application. It generates a comprehensive report that can be automatically emailed, or viewed via the web. http://www.hibernaculum.net/durep/ Cheers, Mikel King CEO, Olivent Technologies Senior Editor, Daemon News Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court Medford, NY 11763 http://www.olivent.com http://www.daemonnews.org http://www.bsdmag.org skype: mikel.king +------------------------------------------+ Follow me if you dare... http://twitter.com/mikelking +------------------------------------------+