[linux-help] Re: checking a directory size
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:19:28 +0000
Ben Bunck <bbunck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Is there a simple command to check the "size" of a directory (the sum total
> of it's contents)? I run into a lot of occasions where such information
> would be useful (making iso images of directories, for instance).
have a look at du, with the -h flag for human readability (friends of mine will
atest to my own ignorance of data conversions)
Cheers,
-Jared Johnson
solomon@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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