Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:55:19 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Robert Marella <rmarella@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Paging Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20080104215519.GB27743@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080104100318.682674a6@asus64> References: <179863EA8C3D6945412CA598@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <477E6A7B.3070207@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4133784D8828510FCCC00532@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20080104183556.GC19087@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <39F9F75310345050CED25674@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20080104100318.682674a6@asus64>
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On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:03:18AM -1000, Robert Marella wrote: > On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:30:00 -0600 > Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > > > >> > ... > > >> > > >> Nope. You understood. > > >> > > >> Thanks to everyone that responded. I'll tweak the suggestions > > >> until I get what I want or some near equivalent of it. > > > > > > I may be missing what you want, but I try CDing to the directory > > > and then doing the du -hs * eg > > > cd /tmp > > > du -hs * > > > > > > It seems to get it when naming the directory doesn't. > > > > > > > Thanks, Jerry. This turns out to be quite useful - actually a better > > solution than what I had in mind. > > > No need to cd. > > du -hs /tmp/* Same difference I guess. Just easier to remember to cd, plus most of the time I need to get in to that directory anyway for whatever reason I am doing the du in it. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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