Thanks to all who replied.. I only knew about du.. So df and kwikdisk were nice to find out about!
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Ronald J. Hall > Sent: 28 November 2001 14:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] How to find Space on HD? > > > Neil R Porter wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > Might sound like a trivial question (and most prob is!)... > but if on > > windows I want to know how big each partition is and how > much space i > > have left and have used etc it's easy... how can I do this > in linux... > > I installed LM8.1 and took the default partitioning (if > memory serves > > it was a bit for swap and about 3GB for home and 15GB for > the rest - > > 20GB hd)... > > > > I can see my file system fine.. but I want to know where I > can store > > big files and when I am running out of space etc ... > > > > ta > > > > Neil > > Hi Neil. No problem just do a "du" or "df" on the partition > in question. For further use of these two commands, do a "man > du" or "man df". > > BTW, if you are using KDE, just right-clicking on a folder, > and picking "properties" will calculate the size... > > -- > > > > /\ > > Dark><Lord > > \/ >
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