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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:52:38 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Christopher Chambers <cchamb0@interchange.ubc.ca>
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:08:18 -0700, Christopher Chambers <cchamb0@interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Is there an easy way to analyze disk usage to determine which files and
> folders are taking up the most space?

See "man du". Just for terminology: In UNIX (so in FreeBSD), there
are no folders. Folders are made of paper and reside in a cabinet. :-)

These are called directories.

You don't call files "sheets of paper" either, do you? :-)

For a GUI solution, check out file browsers. Most of them have the
ability to calculate the disk space occupation of a certain
directory or subtree. For example, in the Midnight Commander,
use PF9, Command, Show directory sizes.


-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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