On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 06:39, Damian Buckley wrote:

Hello, I want to find out how big a specific directory is? I know that if I type df -h, it will give me a sizing for all the mounted filesystems, but now I need to know how big a directory is for say : /home or /usr???

Thanx in advance

Try the du command. Like so "du -ch /home" Without the quotes. This will tell you how much space that the /home dir is taking up. More options are available. Look at the man page for du. Does that help? -- Marshall "Nothing is impossible, we just do not have all the anwsers to make the impossible, possible."

Damian Buckley wrote:

I want to find out how big a specific directory is? I know that if I type df -h, it will give me a sizing for all the mounted filesystems, but now I need to know how big a directory is for say : /home or /usr???

# du -hs directory # man du -- Andreas

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:39, Damian Buckley wrote:

Hello, I want to find out how big a specific directory is? I know that if I type df -h, it will give me a sizing for all the mounted filesystems, but now I need to know how big a directory is for say : /home or /usr???

Thanx in advance

DB

For a GUI utility have a look at kdirstat, it intergrates with Konqueror. It provides a tree view of directories sorted by size. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------