RE: root file system
I've had to go through this recently, and it's a little tedious. Anyone
know of a tool that can list directories in order of size? (excluding subdir
sizes obviously). If not then I guess I just made myself a little scripting
project ;) although I am sure some people here can just rattle it off
without thinking.
tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damien [SMTP:bitwise@repose.cx]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 2:12 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: root file system
>
> > As you will see from another post, /var is under root. I've been looking
> > very hard there and I can't find a culprit. I have looked in most
> > directories. Can you give me an idea of where, outside of mail, things
> > in /var get big?
>
>
> the easier way to narrow down this sort of thing is this:
>
> cd /
> du -bsc * | sort -n
>
> you can then cd to each subdir whos size appears erroneous, and repeat
>
> cheers
>
> damien
Reply to: