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Subject: [linux-help] Re: checking a directory size
From: "John M. Resler" <jmresler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:23:58 -0600
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Ben Bunck 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).
>
> Ben
>
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the df command is a good place to start, alsu du might help in the right
circumstances. Do either a man on df or a man on du and you'll get what you
want.

-JR

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