[ale] Disk Free

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--Michael

wizard writes:
 > Hi all,
 > 
 > df gives you the size of a disk, space used, space free, etc...
 > 
 > I'm trying to find the amount of space used by a subdirectory in a
 > filesystem. running df /var, for example, gives me info on the root
 > disk, which is where var is currently located.
 > 
 > I am adding 1 or 2 more drives to my system and want to more
 > intelligently partition and mount them. In NT the properties option
 > gives you the amount of space used by a directory and all of it's
 > subdirectories. I just Know there is something similar for Linux:)
 > 
 > Ed.



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