Disk space used?

[Anne Wilson]

My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.  The problem is that I 
can't remember the name of the utility that shows me which directories are 
taking up most disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?

Anne

[Yaroslav Sapozhnyk]

The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.

-Yaroslav

2011/11/9 Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)googlemail.com&gt;

>  My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.  The problem
> is
>  that I
>  can't remember the name of the utility that shows me which directories are
>  taking up most disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
>
>  Anne
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Regards,
Yaroslav Sapozhnyk

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk wrote:
>  The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.
>   
That was it!  Thanks

Anne

>  -Yaroslav
>  
>  2011/11/9 Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)googlemail.com&gt;
>  
>  > My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.  The problem is
>  > that I
>  > can't remember the name of the utility that shows me which directories
>  > are taking up most disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
>  > 
>  > Anne
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[Martin (KDE)]

Am 09.11.2011 09:54, schrieb Anne Wilson:
>  On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk wrote:
> > The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.
> >
>  That was it!  Thanks 
If you only have the command line at hand 'du' is a good tool as well.

regards

Martin

>  
>  Anne
>  
> > -Yaroslav
> >
> > 2011/11/9 Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)googlemail.com&gt;
> >
> >> My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.  The problem is
> >> that I
> >> can't remember the name of the utility that shows me which directories
> >> are taking up most disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
> >>
> >> Anne
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>
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[George Galt]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Martin (KDE) <kde(a)fahrendorf.de&gt; wrote:
>  Am 09.11.2011 09:54, schrieb Anne Wilson:
> > On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk wrote:
> >> The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.
> >>
> > That was it!  Thanks
>
>  If you only have the command line at hand 'du' is a good tool as well.
>
>  regards
>
>  Martin
>
> >
> > Anne
> >
> >> -Yaroslav
> >>
> >> 2011/11/9 Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)googlemail.com&gt;
> >>
> >>> My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.  The problem is
> >>> that I
> >>> can't remember the name of the utility that shows me which directories
> >>> are taking up most disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
> >>>
> >>> Anne
> >>> _______________________________________________
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I often use du -h --max-depth=1 to get a quick read on what
subdirectories are hogging space.  By limiting the depth, the report
doesn't get overwhelming.  If necessary, I'll drill down in a
particular subdirectory.

[Patrick Boutilier]

On 11/09/2011 10:18 AM, George Galt wrote:
>  On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Martin (KDE)<kde(a)fahrendorf.de>
>  wrote:
> > Am 09.11.2011 09:54, schrieb Anne Wilson:
> >> On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk wrote:
> >>> The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.
> >>>
> >> That was it!  Thanks
> >
> > If you only have the command line at hand 'du' is a good tool as well.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >>
> >> Anne
> >>
> >>> -Yaroslav
> >>>
> >>> 2011/11/9 Anne Wilson<cannewilson(a)googlemail.com>
> >>>
> >>>> My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.  The problem is
> >>>> that I
> >>>> can't remember the name of the utility that shows me which
> directories
> >>>> are taking up most disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
> >>>>
> >>>> Anne
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>
> >>>>
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>  I often use du -h --max-depth=1 to get a quick read on what
>  subdirectories are hogging space.  By limiting the depth, the report
>  doesn't get overwhelming.  If necessary, I'll drill down in a
>  particular subdirectory. 

du -sh *

is easier to type. :-)






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[Anne Wilson]

On 11/09/2011 02:20 PM, Patrick Boutilier wrote:
>  On 11/09/2011 10:18 AM, George Galt wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Martin (KDE)<kde(a)fahrendorf.de>
> > wrote:
> >> Am 09.11.2011 09:54, schrieb Anne Wilson:
> >>> On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk wrote:
> >>>> The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.
> >>>> 
> >>> That was it!  Thanks
> >> 
> >> If you only have the command line at hand 'du' is a good tool as
> >> well.
> >> 
> >> regards
> >> 
> >> Martin
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> Anne
> >>> 
> >>>> -Yaroslav
> >>>> 
> >>>> 2011/11/9 Anne Wilson<cannewilson(a)googlemail.com>
> >>>> 
> >>>>> My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.
> >>>>> The problem is that I can't remember the name of the
> >>>>> utility that shows me which directories are taking up most
> >>>>> disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Anne _______________________________________________ kde
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> >>>>> 
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> > 
> > I often use du -h --max-depth=1 to get a quick read on what 
> > subdirectories are hogging space.  By limiting the depth, the
> > report doesn't get overwhelming.  If necessary, I'll drill down in
> > a particular subdirectory.
>  
>  
>  du -sh *
>  
>  is easier to type. :-)
>   
It seems that indirectly the KMail2 problems are causing my lack of
space.  I have the akonadi DB, but then Thunderbird is taking up a
whopping 53.4GB!   Desperate decisions are needed :-(

Anne

[Martin Kho]

On Wednesday 09 November 2011 17:09:37 Anne Wilson wrote:
>  On 11/09/2011 02:20 PM, Patrick Boutilier wrote:
>  > On 11/09/2011 10:18 AM, George Galt wrote:
>  >> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Martin  
(KDE)<kde(a)fahrendorf.de>
>  >> 
>  >> wrote:
>  >>> Am 09.11.2011 09:54, schrieb Anne Wilson:
>  >>>> On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk  
wrote:
>  >>>>> The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that
> helps.
>  >>>> 
>  >>>> That was it!  Thanks
>  >>> 
>  >>> If you only have the command line at hand 'du' is a good tool 
as
>  >>> well.
>  >>> 
>  >>> regards
>  >>> 
>  >>> Martin
>  >>> 
>  >>>> Anne
>  >>>> 
>  >>>>> -Yaroslav
>  >>>>> 
>  >>>>> 2011/11/9 Anne Wilson<cannewilson(a)googlemail.com>
>  >>>>> 
>  >>>>>> My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.
>  >>>>>> The problem is that I can't remember the name of the
>  >>>>>> utility that shows me which directories are taking up 
most
>  >>>>>> disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
>  >>>>>> 
>  >>>>>> Anne _______________________________________________  
kde
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to
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>  >>>>>> 
>  >>>>>> 
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to
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KDE4?
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>  >> 
>  >> I often use du -h --max-depth=1 to get a quick read on what
>  >> subdirectories are hogging space.  By limiting the depth, the
>  >> report doesn't get overwhelming.  If necessary, I'll drill down in
>  >> a particular subdirectory.
>  > 
>  > du -sh *
>  > 
>  > is easier to type. :-)
>  
>  It seems that indirectly the KMail2 problems are causing my lack of
>  space.  I have the akonadi DB, but then Thunderbird is taking up a
>  whopping 53.4GB!   Desperate decisions are needed :-(
>  
>  Anne 
Hi Anne,

I'm using kmail2 - FC16 - and am very happy with it :-) It's faster than 
kmail1.

Martin Kho

[Colin J Thomson]

Off topic but had to reply..

On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 17:14:21 Martin Kho wrote:

>  I'm using kmail2 - FC16 - and am very happy with it :-) It's
> faster than
>  kmail1. 
Your lucky, I tried 4.7.3 on F15 (thanks guys BTW) but Kmail2 migration still 
fails miserably.

So F15 for me for the time being.

Colin
-- 
Fedora 15 (Lovelock)
Registered Linux user number #342953

[Patrick Boutilier]

On 11/09/2011 01:09 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
>  On 11/09/2011 02:20 PM, Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> > On 11/09/2011 10:18 AM, George Galt wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Martin (KDE)<kde(a)fahrendorf.de>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Am 09.11.2011 09:54, schrieb Anne Wilson:
> >>>> On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk wrote:
> >>>>> The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.
> >>>>>
> >>>> That was it!  Thanks
> >>>
> >>> If you only have the command line at hand 'du' is a good tool as
> >>> well.
> >>>
> >>> regards
> >>>
> >>> Martin
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Anne
> >>>>
> >>>>> -Yaroslav
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2011/11/9 Anne Wilson<cannewilson(a)googlemail.com>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.
> >>>>>> The problem is that I can't remember the name of the
> >>>>>> utility that shows me which directories are taking up most
> >>>>>> disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Anne _______________________________________________ kde
> >>>>>> mailing list kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>
> >> I often use du -h --max-depth=1 to get a quick read on what
> >> subdirectories are hogging space.  By limiting the depth, the
> >> report doesn't get overwhelming.  If necessary, I'll drill down in
> >> a particular subdirectory.
> >
> >
> > du -sh *
> >
> > is easier to type. :-)
> >
>  It seems that indirectly the KMail2 problems are causing my lack of
>  space.  I have the akonadi DB, but then Thunderbird is taking up a
>  whopping 53.4GB!   Desperate decisions are needed :-( 

cd .thunderbird
du -sh *


Keep digging down until you find where gigabytes of space are being 
used. Most likely in ImapMail under your profile directory.


>  Anne
>
>
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[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 17:16:30 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
>  cd .thunderbird
>  du -sh *
>  
>  
>  Keep digging down until you find where gigabytes of space are being 
>  used. Most likely in ImapMail under your profile directory.
>   
That fits what I saw in filelight.  It looks as though I set it up for DIMAP - 
which I guess seemed a good idea at the time.  When I look at the server's 
Maildir's size, that would fit too.  Perhaps I should just remove TB, then re-
set it up without disconnected mode,  I assume that that's possible.

Anne
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[Martin (KDE)]

Am 09.11.2011 19:52, schrieb Anne Wilson:
>  On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 17:16:30 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> > cd .thunderbird
> > du -sh *
> >
> >
> > Keep digging down until you find where gigabytes of space are being 
> > used. Most likely in ImapMail under your profile directory.
> >
>  That fits what I saw in filelight.  It looks as though I set it up for DIMAP - 
>  which I guess seemed a good idea at the time.  When I look at the server's 
>  Maildir's size, that would fit too.  Perhaps I should just remove TB, then re-
>  set it up without disconnected mode,  I assume that that's possible. 
Yep, that is possible. I use thunderbird as SOGo client and my first
step is to disable the offline imap stuff. Go to account settings and
find synchronization & storage (translated from German where it is
called Konten-Einstellung and Synchronisation & Speicherplatz). There
you can disable the sync of all folders.

I don't know why they enable it by default. I don't use the wizard rot
account creation because of this. Even if you disable offline imap the
already downloaded mails are not removed.

Regards

Martin

>  
>  Anne

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 Martin (KDE) wrote: 
>  Am 09.11.2011 19:52, schrieb Anne Wilson:
>  > On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 17:16:30 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
>  >> cd .thunderbird
>  >> du -sh *
>  >> 
>  >> 
>  >> Keep digging down until you find where gigabytes of space are being
>  >> used. Most likely in ImapMail under your profile directory.
>  > 
>  > That fits what I saw in filelight.  It looks as though I set it up for
>  > DIMAP - which I guess seemed a good idea at the time.  When I look at
>  > the server's Maildir's size, that would fit too.  Perhaps I should just
>  > remove TB, then re- set it up without disconnected mode,  I assume that
>  > that's possible.
>  
>  Yep, that is possible. I use thunderbird as SOGo client and my first
>  step is to disable the offline imap stuff. Go to account settings and
>  find synchronization & storage (translated from German where it is
>  called Konten-Einstellung and Synchronisation & Speicherplatz). There
>  you can disable the sync of all folders.
>  
>  I don't know why they enable it by default. I don't use the wizard rot
>  account creation because of this. Even if you disable offline imap the
>  already downloaded mails are not removed.
>  
> I expected that.  I'm having problems with the laptop atm - it looks as  
though
the transformer may be dodgy - but when I get that fixed I intend 
changing the setting first, then removing all the imap mail.  I assume that 
will make it download the headers,as it would on on-line mode, and all should 
then be well.

Just at the moment I feel to be fighting everything.  You know how it goes :-)  
We all have those periods.

Anne

[Anne Wilson]

On 11/09/2011 04:26 PM, Giuliano Colla wrote:
>  I find very useful kdirstat 
>  (http://rpms.famillecollet.com/rpmphp/zoom.php?rpm=kdirstat), which 
>  provides both means to see what takes up more disk space, and tools
>  to clean up unwanted files/directories.
>  
>  Hope that it helps,
>   
Thanks.  Definitely worth a look
Anne