Re: Drive Space

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From: Peter T. Caffin
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:00

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Arch4nge1 <teoh@ihug.com.au> wrote:
> Stuart Folo <webmaster@simcomcity.com> wrote in message
> 75s2sm$rrt23@iccu9.ipswich.gil.com.au...
>>I would like to know the command to find out how much space is left on my
>>hard drive after installing some software???
>
> df -k

Also worth mentioning is the 'du' command which will let you know how
much space you're chewing up. The default is to check from the directory
you're in, so don't run it from / unless you're prepared for a bit of a
wait ;).

Peter.

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Date: 1998/12/29
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