Re: HD Space Left, dselect
Low!!
You can also use "du" (abbr. from Disk Usage)
it has some nice options so using it like:
du -hs *
in a directory will list all subdirectories with their sizes in
human-readable units
hope this helps
Marcin
On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 08:06:52PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote:
> Tom -- df will do what you want. :)
>
> On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 07:16:47PM -0600, Tom Lineman wrote:
> > Hello again.
> >
> > I installed linux on a 75 mb partition and have no others to spare,
> > so obviously space is a problem for me. All I'd like to know is how I can
> > see how much space there is left on my system, other than going through each
> > directory and ls'ing and then adding up space used.
> > One more thing. I have all the required packages from dselect installed.
> > If I run dselect again, should I leave the present status for those
> > packages to "install" as opposed to "remove"? Just how much space do all
> > the "recommended" packages take up?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > Tom Lineman
> >
> > P.S. Thanks to all those who answered my question about the prompt!
> > P.P.S. That fellow calling himself "a," with the question about VCD, was he
> > talking about Virtual CD?
> > P.P.P.S. I know you're getting bored, but please bear with me :)
> > I noticed a fellow who wrote his message in spanish. I understood his
> > question, but didn't know the answer. If anyone wants me to translate his
> > message so they can reply, please let me know. Or you can use BabelFish :)
> >
> > Bye for now.
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