Re: fine-tuning du -h ?
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 06:33:21PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote:
> Thanks for helping now this is the directory in question:
>
> /home/oswald/.pan/data/messages/cache/
>
> is there a way to exclude that directory from the search?
Why do I feel like a manpage front-end? I know you mean well, Josef, but a
little effort on your part (I have already tried to point you to the man page
for 'du') doesn't hurt, hmm?
To answer your question:
du -sch $HOME --exclude=/home/oswald/.pan/data/messages/cache/
Is what you're after.
> I'll run a fsck on that drive.
I recommend you run badblocks as well.
> I sure hate the idea that I need to get an new HDD. :-/
Hardware doesn't live forever, alas.
-- Thomas Adam
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