Thanks Stefan! That is exactly what I was looking for.
Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:59:55AM -0700, Jim wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to backup my Maildir in debian (using exim & courier-imap) > > but looking at the actual Maildir in the home directory (specified in > > exim for it to be there) it's size is 4.0 K for the whole directory, > > and inside it I can see every folder I have in that account but they > > are all 4.0 K even though the account as a few hundred Megs of email > > accumulated over time. > > > > Any ideas then where the actual directory is that holds my email so I > > can back it up? Any help appreciated. > > Your mail directories ARE 4k. Almost all folders are. (Very small disks > can have 1.0k folders.) Directories store names only. > > Example: > > ~ %% ls -ld / /dev /usr/share/doc ~ > drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 1.0k Nov 5 2003 / > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 21k Aug 25 06:27 /dev > drwxr-xr-x 173 stefan stefan 16k Aug 25 10:27 /home/stefan > drwxr-xr-x 1076 root root 24k Aug 23 10:32 /usr/share/doc > ~ %% du -s /usr/share/doc > 447M /usr/share/doc > > Du seems to be what you want. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

