Re: Checking disk space from terminal window

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From: Tim Reed
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 15:51

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In article <1992Jul29.215806.23801@nmsu.edu> rscott@spock.NMSU.Edu  
(Joseph Good) writes:
> 
> Is there a way to see how much space is left on the hard disk and  
not use the  
> workspace?  I'm wanting to check it on a remote machine (i.e. the  
printer  
> server) and that is in another room... and most of the time,  
somebody else is  
> on.
> 
> any suggestions?
> 
> --
> 
> Joseph Good
> +-------------------+ - More than just a band....
> | Green Dot Brigade | - It's a whole damn army of dots...
> +-------------------+ - And we've declared war on the 7-Up dots...
> 
> rscott@nmsu.edu (NeXT mail welcome!!)
> 
> atlantis@acca.nmsu.edu  (Just plain ol' Unix)

The unix command du does what you want.
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Tim Reed
Motorola Inc.
Prism CIM System Admin.
reed@prism.sps.mot.com
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