Try: find / -type f -size +10000k -mtime -3 -exec ls -l {} \; (as root) This will list full details on all regular files that are larger than about 10M in size and were last modified with in the last 48 hours This could be a long list, so you might want to redirect the output into a file for perusal... James
Overnight, I lost about 3Gb of disk space. How can I locate the biggest files to see what is eating the space? -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 7.x) This email was created and sent with Ximian Evolution 0.99 (RC1) NEW: Advogato diary at www.advogato.org/person/riggwelter
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