du does exactly what you want, check the man page for nifty options. (and the correct terminology is "partition", btw)
On 2007 Aug 28 (Tue) at 09:59:23 -0400 (-0400), Sampson, Warren wrote: :My 'var' folder/slice/partition (I never know the correct term) is :currently using over 3G and I want to know where and/or what is using :it. Now if I was in Windows I would just "right-click" on the :subdirectories and get the properties which would tell me how much that :directory has underneath. I would then repeat the process as needed. : :I've already looked in all the usual places that I know to look :(/var/log, /var/amavisd/quarantine, etc.) but I have not found anything :major. : :How can I do something similar from the command line in OBSD and is :there a better way that I am not aware of? : :# df -h :Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on :/dev/wd0a 502M 78.2M 398M 16% / :/dev/wd0d 1006M 52.0K 956M 0% /tmp :/dev/wd0e 3.9G 1.5G 2.2G 41% /usr :/dev/wd0m 7.9G 3.3G 4.2G 44% /var :/dev/wd0h 2.0G 116M 1.8G 6% /home :/dev/wd0p 9.8G 2.7G 6.7G 28% /backup : :Thanks, : :Warren (Sam) Sampson -- Never count your chickens before they rip your lips off. _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
