On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 02:07:01PM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# du --max-depth=1 -h > 1.7G ./var > 32K ./tmp > 4.0K ./selinux > 16K ./lost+found > 16M ./boot > 852K ./home > 0 ./sys > 4.0K ./initrd > 22M ./etc > 81M ./lib > 515M ./proc > 6.3G ./root > 3.3M ./sbin > 3.7M ./bin > 8.0K ./media > 8.0K ./mnt > 208K ./dev > 4.0K ./opt > 1.3G ./usr > 4.0K ./srv > 9.7G . > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# df -H > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda3 18G 17G 68M 100% / > tmpfs 265M 0 265M 0% /lib/init/rw > udev 11M 54k 11M 1% /dev > tmpfs 265M 0 265M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda2 192M 22M 160M 13% /boot > > Why is du telling me that I'm using 9.7G of the disk while df says I'm using > over 17G? > Try running /# du -c -h --max-depth=1 /*
The -c will give a grand total. Without it, its telling you that you have 9.7G in the root directory itself. Also, use df -h. -H is --si. With one, multiples of a thousand are 1000, with the other they are 1024. You may as well compare apples XOR oranges. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]