Public bug reported: Using this command shows lots of disk space used in the /snap directory, and subdirectories:
$ du /snap | xdiskusage Using this command shows nearly 0 disk space (only 4 KiB): $ xdiskusage /snap This is not unique to the /snap directory -- it occurs for most directories, maybe all? $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 $ apt-cache policy xdiskusage xdiskusage: Installed: 1.48-10.1build1 Candidate: 1.48-10.1build1 Version table: *** 1.48-10.1build1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xdiskusage 1.48-10.1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-62.69-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-62-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Sep 14 12:39:09 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-24 (355 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xdiskusage UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: xdiskusage (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844017 Title: xdiskusage not showing disk space properly in some cases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiskusage/+bug/1844017/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs