du -sL <directoryname> Will give the size of the directory including the symbolic links in the directory. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonas Fornander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 11:55 PM Subject: How can I get the directory size
> > Is there a way to figure out the size of a users directory? > I tried all combinations of ls with the flags -s and -k but to no avail. > > I know that I can tar the users directory and then check the size of the > tarball but that can't be the only way of doing it. > > Jonas Fornander - System Administrator > Netwood Communications, LLC - www.netwood.net > Find out why we're better - 310-442-1530 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message