Re: Disk usage
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 02:07:01PM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote:
> root@etch:/# du --max-depth=1 -h
> 1.7G ./var
> 32K ./tmp
> 4.0K ./selinux
> 16K ./lost+found
> 16M ./boot
> 852K ./home
> 0 ./sys
> 4.0K ./initrd
> 22M ./etc
> 81M ./lib
> 515M ./proc
> 6.3G ./root
> 3.3M ./sbin
> 3.7M ./bin
> 8.0K ./media
> 8.0K ./mnt
> 208K ./dev
> 4.0K ./opt
> 1.3G ./usr
> 4.0K ./srv
> 9.7G .
>
>
> root@etch:/# df -H
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda3 18G 17G 68M 100% /
> tmpfs 265M 0 265M 0% /lib/init/rw
> udev 11M 54k 11M 1% /dev
> tmpfs 265M 0 265M 0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda2 192M 22M 160M 13% /boot
>
> Why is du telling me that I'm using 9.7G of the disk while df says I'm using
> over 17G?
>
Try running
/# du -c -h --max-depth=1 /*
The -c will give a grand total. Without it, its telling you that you
have 9.7G in the root directory itself. Also, use df -h. -H is --si.
With one, multiples of a thousand are 1000, with the other they are
1024. You may as well compare apples XOR oranges.
Doug.
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