Re: Checking disk space from terminal window

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From: Magnus Nordborg
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:29

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In article <1992Jul30.155119.13613@newsgate.sps.mot.com>  
reed@prism.sps.mot.com (Tim Reed) writes:
> 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.
> --
> -----------------------------------
> Tim Reed
> Motorola Inc.
> Prism CIM System Admin.
> reed@prism.sps.mot.com
> -----------------------------------

I think "df" will be more useful.
--


		Magnus Nordborg
		Department of Biological Sciences
		Stanford University
		magnus@fisher.stanford.edu (NeXT mail preferred)

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