Re: Disk usage analysis

Gary Kline
2009-04-22T06:31:54+00:00

 
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 07:52:38AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:08:18 -0700, Christopher Chambers <cchamb0@interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
> > Is there an easy way to analyze disk usage to determine which files and
> > folders are taking up the most space?
> 
> See "man du". Just for terminology: In UNIX (so in FreeBSD), there
> are no folders. Folders are made of paper and reside in a cabinet. :-)
> 
> These are called directories.
> 
> You don't call files "sheets of paper" either, do you? :-)

	YES!! I'm probably too up-tight about the use of "folder",
	but it just seems like waaaaaay too much stupiding-down of the
	std Unix terminology.  ([I thought I was the only one].  And yes,
	there are things of greater gravitas to be ticked off about!)

	gary

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