Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:04:25 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to know total number of bytes of a directory Message-ID: <fk5vl9$o97$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <47667E61.70602@gmail.com> References: <32989.217.114.136.135.1197898685.squirrel@mail.dsa.es> <47667E61.70602@gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig377DC6BD9ABF2DA39E2B53AD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Andy Greenwood wrote: > DSA - JCR wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I would like to know the total number of bytes of a directory and its >> related subdirs, occupied by the files inside it. I haven't found any >> command for knowning it. >> =20 >=20 > # du -s /etc > 17008 /etc >=20 > You need read privs to all the subdirectories, otherwise you'll get > permission errors and it'll skip those. Note that this displays usage i= n > 512-byte blocks, not bytes, but you should be able to figure it out fro= m > there. Just add "-h": # du -sh /etc 2.1M /etc --------------enig377DC6BD9ABF2DA39E2B53AD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZoHpldnAQVacBcgRAvttAJ4qyHfMLwjqfyGoQF/xMhhwkZ2BrQCgyxmj Mnf6yHZrdmeYOp/8HsxOs/k= =NJDs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig377DC6BD9ABF2DA39E2B53AD--
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