Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:52:38 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Christopher Chambers <cchamb0@interchange.ubc.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk usage analysis Message-ID: <20090422075238.b932cf9c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1240369698.1037.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1240369698.1037.4.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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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 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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