From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: how to assess occupied space Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:07:36 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020915120612.0228fd90@celine> References: <200209151843.g8FIhZPc006695@pegasus.wanadoo.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Mike Dresser Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org At 02:51 PM 9/15/02 -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: >On 15 Sep 2002, Heimo Claasen wrote: > > > Thanks for the hints; I didn't know some of the 'du' subtelties. > > (BTW, is 'du' for _disk_ or for _directory_ use ?) > > > >Disk usage, according to the man pages. But in a way, directory use is >accurate too. Where did you find this? It's not in my man page for du. (Just curious.) -- -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA ray@comarre.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs