cd /
du -s -h
(disk usage, summary only human readable , gives summary of directories)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:jfowler@westrope.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:14 AM
> To: Kclug@Kclug. Org
> Subject: Disk space
> 
> 
> What is the easiest way to find where my disk space is being 
> taken up? On one of
> my servers I have three partitions: /, /var, and /boot. I 
> used `df` to show me
> how much space I have left and I find my root partition is 
> almost full. What is
> the easiest way to find out what directories contain the most 
> data similar to
> the way df displays partition consumption. I need to hunt 
> down and figure out
> what files are growing off the root and move them somewhere else.
> 
> Thanks. -Jeremy
> 
> 
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