> Maybe I'm crazy or doing something wrong, but I swear that the -S > option in the 'du' utility doesnt do what it is supposed to. It is > supposed to not show the subdirectories but it still does. The > output of 'du' is the same as 'du -S' I think. I think you are confusing the -S and -s options. -S, --separate-dirs do not include size of subdirectories -s, --summarize display only a total for each argument I think what you are looking for is 'du -s' which won't show all of the subdirectories but will only show you the 's'ummary for the entire disk tree below. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils