I'd like to request a feature for coreutils, specifically 'du'. I have a situation where root(/) typically fills up alot(It would be easier to change this situation, however that's not an option), So what i'm left with is if you do du -sh /*, it makes a mess when it gets to /home if you have root squashed home directories. It would be really nice to have an exclude flag, such as '-e' to exclude /home, or other directories.
I'm aware we can do something similar with find, in a rather un-easy syntax to remember, and 3 pipes; it seems this is more appropriate in the 'du' tool. I took a look over the rejected feature request, and found the below link, It appears to be a different than the feature I'm requesting, because of the nature of wanting to ignore the size, not the directory itself. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2013-04/msg00043.html looking forward to you feedback. -- Thanks! Andrew Zwieg IT Administrator IRC: azwieg103
