From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 23 02:46:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80EDD16A401 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A51C13C428 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay7.apple.com (a17-128-113-37.apple.com [17.128.113.37]) by mail-out4.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0N2kCst023036; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:46:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay7.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay7.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id ADA4530046; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:46:12 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 11807125-a2a4fbb000006e4c-78-45b576f45f63 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (unknown [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay7.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 9C7513003D; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:46:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9DCBAEB0-931E-47B8-B02D-CB7782618ADA@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:46:11 -0800 To: Helen.Nanong@pngharbours.com.pg X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cache logs 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: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:46:13 -0000 On Jan 22, 2007, at 5:43 PM, Helen.Nanong@pngharbours.com.pg wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 4.4 and currently have the following > displayed as > output from the command df > > > FileSystem 1K blocks Used Available Capacity > Mounted > on > /dev/ad0s1a 63503 63214 -4791 > 108% / > > > In issuing the following command: du / | sort -n the following 5 > files are > listed as biggest in size It's almost certain that you've got more partitions on that machine, and that the files under /usr are on another partition then the root partition. Try using "du -x /" to only consider files on the root partition without crossing filesystem mountpoints.... -- -Chuck