[olug] File/Disk Management

[David Walker]

du is the command I use (no duh jokes please)

cd /
du -sh *

will give you the sizes of all the files in each directory off of root

Use
du -shx *
to limit it to just the root filesystem

On Monday 28 October 2002 11:52 am, (Via wrote:
> OK, forgive the newbie question.  I've got a server that has usage
> problems.  Here's the df:
>
> Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda3               497861    497858         0 100% /
> /dev/hda1                46636     11700     32528  27% /boot
> /dev/hda5             13100844    587388  11847968   5% /home
> none                    256272         0    256272   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda6              2063504     33592   1925092   2% /tmp
> /dev/hda9             14610932   1523628  12345104  11% /usr
> /dev/hda2              5036316    283116   4497368   6% /var
> /dev/hda7              2063504     43088   1915596   3% /var/log
>
> I'm not sure what's filling up the root partition, but obviously it's an
> issue.  Advice on figuring out what's filling this up and how to bring it
> back under control?  Links to Howtos or other documents on this subject?
> I tried to look on the Linux Documentation Project, but nothing there was
> obviously related to what I need to learn here.
>
> Thanks,