Disk usage analysis

[Polytropon]

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:08:18 -0700, Christopher Chambers <cchamb0 at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Is there an easy way to analyze disk usage to determine which files and
> folders are taking up the most space?

See "man du". Just for terminology: In UNIX (so in FreeBSD), there
are no folders. Folders are made of paper and reside in a cabinet. :-)

These are called directories.

You don't call files "sheets of paper" either, do you? :-)

For a GUI solution, check out file browsers. Most of them have the
ability to calculate the disk space occupation of a certain
directory or subtree. For example, in the Midnight Commander,
use PF9, Command, Show directory sizes.


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