[SUMMARY] How to find large files

From: Jean-Loup Risler <Jean-Loup.Risler_at_genetique.uvsq.fr>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 95 18:37:52 +0100

As usual, this list proved to be great.

My problem was to find why my poor / partition was 100% full.

I received more than 20 answers, please don't feel irritated if I don't
report all your names... They all pointed to the same solutions:

1) check that your system doesn't contain extra copies of vmunix
2) check that there are no huge files in /dev
   somebody could have made a backup on /dev/rmtoh (letter o instead of
zero)
3) check the mails in the spool files
4) to look for large file, type
   
   find -mount -type f -size +2000 --> will report files larger than 2000
                                             blocks

   or

   find / -xdev -size +2000 -print --> -xdev will ensure that find
searches only in the / partition

5) du -sk * from / will show the abnormally large directories

 Answer: my problem came from a stammering PC with a misconfigured Eudora
which filled /Mail ....

Thanks to all of you!


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