Roger, what you are looking for is called a "treemap file visualization". Search for it in Google and you will find multiple tools for your favorite OS. Treemaps are great for visualizing disk usage (and if I am not mistaken - I think that is what they were created for if my memory serves me right although I don't remember exactly). It is easy to get see what directories / files are taken up the most space (bigger boxes) and what files are big inside those folders (by looking at boxes inside). Color can be used to display another dimension like file type.
Since you are asking for a tool like that, I use "Disk Inventory X" OSX. - Ragi To: SoCal LUG Users List <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:57:40 -0700 > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] filelight: A nice Linux disk usage app > >From what I can tell from the pic, I like the visuals on this better than > WinDirStat (what I use on Windows) > > (Haven't found one for Gnome or OS X yet, though) > > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A cool little app >> http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/ >> >> Filelight is similar to baobab, but has a nicer view of partitions and >> disks on the system. >> >> Chris... >> -- >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >> -Roger Penrose >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > >
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