From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kq8Ug-0001U2-FQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:41:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AB58E04B6; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:41:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ercbroadband.org (mail.ercbroadband.org [152.53.1.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD3CE04B6 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:41:00 +0000 (UTC) x-spam-checker-version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) Exchange SpamAssassin Sink (www.christopherlewis.com) 1.2.76 on chapman.ercbroadband.local x-spam-level: x-spam-status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Thread-Index: Acku3GhoW4qKJ7P/R6+2VQhnMi+e0A== Received: from [192.168.10.35] ([192.168.10.35] RDNS failed) by mail.ercbroadband.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:40:53 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4325 Importance: normal Priority: normal Message-ID: <48F60F02.3090209@ercbroadband.org> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:40:50 -0400 From: "Mark Haney" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080619) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Whats using all my disc space? References: <200810151635.22001.gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> In-Reply-To: <200810151635.22001.gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Oct 2008 15:40:53.0611 (UTC) FILETIME=[68682BB0:01C92EDC] X-Archives-Salt: ed3ce4a7-1919-4785-9fdd-9996370593c5 X-Archives-Hash: 826efb078e8df0b3ee078cc0f2896465 Paul Stear wrote: > Hello all, > How do I list the contents of a disc in size order? > I need to find out the largest files on a disc. It's my home dir which is > 98% full, that's over 180GB used, normally its less than half of this. > I just can't find anything that is very large. > > Thanks in advance for any help > Paul Do you typically just move files to the trash instead of deleting them outright? I had this problem and it turns out emptying the trash wasn't working on my system, I had to manually go into the .Trash directory and clear it out. -- Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support