I think the 'du' command is what you're looking for. "du -m /directory/name" will list the total size of the files in the directory, and all of its subdirectories. THat should allow you to locate which directory is full.
--- John Hiemenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a friend who has a problem with quota. > > as a regular user, what are the methods for determining where files > are that > are causing one to exceed quota? > > Obvious files are easy, but there are some temp files created or . > files and > these are being elusive. > > I've thought of find, but since I know little regarding quota (I got > root, I > don;t need to steenking quota!) I was hoping someone with usage > experience > can give some pointers. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
