I'm out of disk space! But I can't figure out where all that stuff is!

topic posted Mon, November 28, 2005 - 11:43 AM by  Jory
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To find out where the bulk of your space is being used, do the following:

(Note that [ENTER] means hitting the enter key)

* Launch Terminal

* type this:

cd / [ENTER]

* type this:

sudo du -h -d 1 [ENTER]

* You will now see a listing of how your drive space is being used. Using the "cd" command, you can change directories and find out what exactly is absorbing space.
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Jory
SF Bay Area
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