[Balug-talk] How big is my site? (What command will tell me?)

[Larry Southern]

du -sk /<directory name>

-Larry Southern


Roger Chrisman [rogerhc at pacbell.net] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What Linux command will tell me the total size of a directory and all it's 
> contents, including it's subdirectory's and all their content?
> 
> No kidding please, I am moving my website to a commercial host and need to 
> know how many MB of space I will need.
> 
> Simple little questions like this make me wonder if I am to dim to use Linux. 
> Oh FUD! I'll just ask, what command would a savvy BALUGer use to learn the 
> total size of everything in a directory?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roger :-)
> SF
> 
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