Re: Checking disk space from terminal window

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From: Tim Reed
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:38

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In article <1992Jul30.190106.807@news2.cis.umn.edu>  
wisdom@geom.umn.edu writes:
> In article <1992Jul30.182952.22135@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
> magnus@Fisher.Stanford.EDU (Magnus Nordborg) 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?
> > > 
> > > The unix command du does what you want.
> > I think "df" will be more useful.
> 
> Because the space is being checked on another system, a more useful  
form would  
> be "rsh <machinename> df"
> 
> -Scott Wisdom
> wisdom@geom.umn.edu


OK, OK, OK. You win. Your suggestion is better than mine.

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Motorola Inc.
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reed@prism.sps.mot.com
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