[NTLUG:Discuss] Growing file garden

[Steve Baker]

falconjetflyer at netscape.net wrote:
> I installed Mandrake 8.1 last Feb and it used 1.7 gig of my 9.5 gig partition..    Now it has grown to almost 7 gig and I havent installed that many new programs.    Is there any way to find out where the growth is and control it.   I was hoping 10 gig would be enough for a long while. 

120Gb drives are $240 and you can get 80Gb for $80   :-)

First, I would do (as root):

    cd /
    du -sk *

...that should tell you where the space is being eaten.

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