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Started by Guest_Wanch_* , Mar 16 2008 03:39 PM

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Posted 16 March 2008 - 03:39 PM

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Is it possible to tell the size of just one directory?

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Posted 17 March 2008 - 02:51 AM

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In kilobytes:
$ du -s <directory>
In megabytes:
$ du -sh <directory>

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Posted 22 March 2008 - 05:48 PM

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Perfect, just what I was looking for:

# du -sh downloads
702M    downloads

Thanks!

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Posted 23 March 2008 - 12:04 AM

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