How to determine directory sizes

[Peter Hessler]

du does exactly what you want, check the man page for nifty options.

(and the correct terminology is "partition", btw)


On 2007 Aug 28 (Tue) at 09:59:23 -0400 (-0400), Sampson, Warren wrote:
:My 'var' folder/slice/partition (I never know the correct term) is
:currently using over 3G and I want to know where and/or what is using
:it. Now if I was in Windows I would just "right-click" on the
:subdirectories and get the properties which would tell me how much that
:directory has underneath. I would then repeat the process as needed.
:
:I've already looked in all the usual places that I know to look
:(/var/log, /var/amavisd/quarantine, etc.) but I have not found anything
:major.
:
:How can I do something similar from the command line in OBSD and is
:there a better way that I am not aware of?
:
:# df -h
:Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
:/dev/wd0a      502M   78.2M    398M    16%    /
:/dev/wd0d     1006M   52.0K    956M     0%    /tmp
:/dev/wd0e      3.9G    1.5G    2.2G    41%    /usr
:/dev/wd0m      7.9G    3.3G    4.2G    44%    /var
:/dev/wd0h      2.0G    116M    1.8G     6%    /home
:/dev/wd0p      9.8G    2.7G    6.7G    28%    /backup
:
:Thanks,
:
:Warren (Sam) Sampson


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