Try "du -k" while in the directory that you want to know the size of. This
will list everything in the directory and their individual size, then the
total size of the directory at the end. the "-k" will list all of the
sizes in kilobytes, at least the version I have. If not, check the
manpage.
--Shawn Craver
University Of Connecticut
Computer Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Student
On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Ken Russell wrote:
> How does one determine directory size? I've looked through all my books and
> cannot find the command. I want to backup some directories, but need to
> know their size first.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
