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Subject: [linux-help] Re: checking a directory size
From: Jared Johnson <solomon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:15:39 -0600
Reply-to: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx

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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