From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 18 20:27:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA07809 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 20:27:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA07802 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 20:27:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA15204; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:26:12 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980819132609.19442@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:26:09 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: "Jeff W." Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: checking amount of disk space left? References: <3.0.5.32.19980818192857.00819e40@ieng9.ucsd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980818192857.00819e40@ieng9.ucsd.edu>; from Jeff W. on Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 07:28:57PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 07:28:57PM -0700, Jeff W. wrote: > I know it's a very simple command, but I can't figure out how to do it =) Here's how you figure it out :-) Throw likely sounding words at apropos and see what it comes up with, e.g. apropos disk or apropos free or apropos space will list various commands with their descriptions, including 'df'. The man page is your next port of call, and if that makes no sense try a unix book or some of the many online guides out there (see links from the newbies web page or handbook), but at least apropos will show you what you're looking for. I used a unix system for months without realising that those commands existed. I used to make multiple copies of large files and wait for the error message, then use ls and add up the file sizes on paper before deleting them and using the space. Yeah, well, some idiot told me that unix is hard so I expected it to be :-) -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message