There is du, it can tell you how much space is using any directory. man du or info du.
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, James Melin wrote: > Is there a good tool to say analyze part of a file system tree and report > how much space it is using? > > Say like /usr/sbin - which is not in it's own file system but part of a > larger one. > > I'm trying to size a new deployment based on another and adust for growth. > I am limited at the moment to a mod-9 drive size, so its kinda critical to > know what parts of the root FS contain the most mass. > > I am also limited on the number of volumes I can actually have, so I'm > trying to figure out the best distribution of limited resources > > My thought was this: > > Mod 3 capacity 2838 mb > Mod 9 capacity 8514 mb > > swap 3390 mod-3 > / 3390 mod-9 > /tmp 3390 mod-3 > /usr 3390 mod-9 > /usr/bin 3390 mod-9 > /usr/sbin 3390 mod-3 > /home 3390 mod-9 > /bin 3390 mod-9 > > The thing is that I dunno that I can have that many volumes (bringing up 4 > new linux LPARs (no vm yet)) > > That's going to be 24 volumes that I need which is about half of our > reserve. > > My alternate plan would be based on a any output the aforementioned desired > tool would produce, or if anyone has any input on this sizing plan, i'd be > happy to hear. I'm the inexperienced novice again, in the presence of > giants, so if anyone has any ideas for me, by all means type away. > > Thanks > > -James > > -- Alejandro Leyva Rabinovich. Jefe de la Unidad Departamental de Soporte T�cnico (Administraci�n de Mainframe). Secretaria de Finanzas. Gobierno del Distrito Federal.
