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Identifying Disk Space

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JK
Juliet Kemp
Sep 1, 2010

“Even the largest disks will eventually begin to fill up, and
sometimes you notice this (or at least, I do!) only when strange
errors start to occur. If you’re seeing odd errors, however, it’s
always worth starting with df -h to quickly check out whether
there’s a disk space problem.

“If you do have less space than you thought, the next stage is
to work out where it’s being used. The basic option is the
command-line utility du:”


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