Try "du -sk" This will tell you the size of the current directory and all of the subs under it. "man du" for many more options. > I'm curious to know what applications or programs are available > (command-line, preferably, but GUI works too) that will show used > disk-space by directory, similar to what can be had in Windows Explorer. > I know of df, but AFAICT that only shows information by partition. Not > very helpful if you're trying to find or prune something like Gentoo's > source and > compilation cache to free some space. > > Thanks, > > John > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Flaming >> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 13:57 >> To: TCLUG Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Simple slackware question >> >> >> AFAICT, the files in this directory are just listings of >> files which have >> been removed from your system when you installed particular >> packages. This >> could be useful information if your system can't find a >> particular file which >> you formerly had, and you need to know which package it was part of. >> >> I doubt that any harm would come from removing the files in this >> directory, but I don't really see the benefit. It shouldn't >> take up more >> than a couple of megabytes, and if you're that strapped for >> space, there are >> probably better solutions ;) >> >> |) >> |)enji >> >> >> On Monday 15 December 2003 12:53 pm, Josh Trutwin wrote: >> > I'm new to slackware, so this should be easy. Oddly though >> I cannot >> > find this one on google. >> > >> > Is it ok to remove stuff from /var/log/removed_packages to >> free up a >> > little space or is this needed for some reason? >> > >> > Thx, >> > >> > Josh >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list