How to determine directory sizes

[Colby W.]

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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. 
>
> 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

Warren,

Take a look at the man page for du(1), the -c and -s options (ie, du -s
/var/somedir) will probably be the most helpful. If you don't have
logrotate enabled/working, then /var/log/* can fill up pretty fast,
particularly on production environments.

Enjoy,

Colby W
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