[ale] Disk Free

[Gary Maltzen]

du -s /var /usr /etc



> df gives you the size of a disk, space used, space free, etc...
> 
> I'm trying to find the amount of space used by a subdirectory in a
> filesystem. running df /var, for example, gives me info on the root
> disk, which is where var is currently located.
> 
> I am adding 1 or 2 more drives to my system and want to more
> intelligently partition and mount them. In NT the properties option
> gives you the amount of space used by a directory and all of it's
> subdirectories. I just Know there is something similar for Linux:)
> 
> Ed.


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