Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 09:43:06 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: freeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Files in / Message-ID: <CADqw_gKxm9x9t6KJSJ4AA8nZ8SdJt8D72D8jHoyNqnPZb9WA0g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <66B63BE11669F00AA754FE87@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <66B63BE11669F00AA754FE87@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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Paul, first, you show 'df' output of "/", whereas later on you only work with "/root" - there's probably other stuff in "/" that's not in "/root" - /etc comes to mind, /sbin ... HTH Michael On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:32 AM Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote: > When I use df -h, I get this: > > /dev/da0s1a 989M 627M 283M 69% / > > When I use du -h /root, I get this: > > # du -h /root > 4.0K /root/.ssh > 2.0K /root/.subversion/auth/svn.simple > 2.0K /root/.subversion/auth/svn.username > 2.0K /root/.subversion/auth/svn.ssl.server > 2.0K /root/.subversion/auth/svn.ssl.client-passphrase > 10K /root/.subversion/auth > 34K /root/.subversion > 4.0K /root/.links > 72K /root/.fop > 2.0K /root/jwplayer > 10K /root/.linkchecker > 48K /root/.java/fonts/1.7.0_80 > 48K /root/.java/fonts/1.7.0_95 > 48K /root/.java/fonts/1.7.0_111 > 48K /root/.java/fonts/1.7.0_141 > 94K /root/.java/fonts/1.7.0_151 > 288K /root/.java/fonts > 290K /root/.java > 1.0M /root > > When I use ls -lsah /root, I get a completely different list of files. > > But neither of these utilities show 627M used in root. Why can't I see > what's using all this space in root? Am I using the wrong utilities to > view > the files? Is it something else? > > Paul Schmehl, Retired > ******************************************* > "It is as useless to argue with those who have > renounced the use of reason as to administer > medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson > "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very > intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion'
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