Re: Quick Directory Size

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From: Graham Higgins
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 10:57

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There's an "easy" way (saves writing software) -- just cd to the parent
directory and use "du" with the target directory as an argument --- 
Hey, it's an immediate solution, if somewhat tacky.


Cheers,

Graham
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