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Re: [BackupPC-users] [backuppc] Can't find big compressed file

2010-10-18 11:50:55
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] [backuppc] Can't find big compressed file
From: Wayne Walker <wwalker AT solid-constructs DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:48:50 -0500
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:13:25AM -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>  On 10/16/2010 11:39 AM, Wayne Walker wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 10:15:35AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >> would have had a chance to change it.  Anyway, one way to find where space 
> >> is 
> >> being consumed  is to go through the filesystem starting at /, doing 'du 
> >> -s *', 
> >> noting the space used by each subdirectory listed, cd'ing into a large 
> >> one, and 
> >> repeating the process until you find where the files are.
> > du -a / | sort -n > /root/du-a.sorted
> 
> and then go get lunch...  :)
True, takes 6 hours on my backuppc server.

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Wayne Walker
wwalker AT solid-constructs DOT com
(512) 633-8076
Senior Consultant
Solid Constructs, LLC

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