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 Post subject: Free space on disk...??
PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 5:09 pm 
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OK i feel really pathetic...

I can't remember how to check how much free space there is on a disk through console... :oops:

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 6:19 pm 
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df

Gives the stats on filesystem usage etc :)


The commands page ( http://www.linuxathome.net/commands.php ) has a list of most of the common commands you might want to know about, its a good reference when you forget something :P

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 10:49 pm 
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du

is the same, but different.


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You would use df and if the output is all these numbers you don't understand. Use df -h <partition you want to check>

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