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Post #294,408 by Yendor 10/8/07 12:37:39 AM Reply	Focus in on the largest quickly... `du / \| sort -n \| tail -10` to see the largest 10 directories under your root dir. At least, that works on Linux. YMMV on Mac, for all I know. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #294,424 by a6l6e6x 10/8/07 11:50:03 AM Reply	On my MacBook one gets: du: /.Spotlight-V100: Permission denied du: /.Trashes: Permission denied Alex Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)
Post #294,425 by Yendor 10/8/07 11:56:16 AM Reply	Re: On my MacBook one gets: Try adding `sudo` to the start of the command, before the `du`. You should be prompted for your password at that point. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #294,575 by a6l6e6x 10/11/07 8:09:14 AM Reply	Indeed, sudo does it. $ sudo du / \| sort -n \| tail -10 WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information. To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort. Password: 5212512 /Library/Audio/Apple Loops 5212512 /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple 5220696 /Library/Audio 5247456 /private/var/vm 5261936 /private/var 5281712 /private 5598496 /Applications 8465832 /Library/Application Support 19755704 /Library 36305758 / Alex Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)
Post #294,577 by boxley 10/11/07 9:30:18 AM Reply	wonder what that private/var/vm does? I assumed it was from the vmware I wasnt using and removed it thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #294,586 by crazy 10/11/07 3:37:53 PM Reply	I GUESS it was ok The "vm" scares me - it make me thing of virutal memory, but the private should make it safe. In the future, wander into the dir and use strings against the files to look in them to see if you recongnize anything.
Post #294,429 by boxley 10/8/07 12:58:13 PM Reply	didnt look at the .Trash files... hmm Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]

housecleaning on mac - (boxley) - (11) - Oct. 7, 2007, 02:18:47 PM EDT

The "resource" fork? - (folkert) - (2) - Oct. 7, 2007, 06:35:56 PM EDT

no fink on this box, havnt installed it - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 7, 2007, 10:53:11 PM EDT

Macs have 'split' files. - (static) - Oct. 7, 2007, 11:09:11 PM EDT

My mac's at the office so this is guessing - (crazy) - (7) - Oct. 7, 2007, 11:47:37 PM EDT

Focus in on the largest quickly... - (Yendor) - (6) - Oct. 8, 2007, 12:37:39 AM EDT

On my MacBook one gets: - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Oct. 8, 2007, 11:50:03 AM EDT

Re: On my MacBook one gets: - (Yendor) - (3) - Oct. 8, 2007, 11:56:16 AM EDT

Indeed, sudo does it. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Oct. 11, 2007, 08:09:14 AM EDT

wonder what that private/var/vm does? - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 11, 2007, 09:30:18 AM EDT

I GUESS it was ok - (crazy) - Oct. 11, 2007, 03:37:53 PM EDT

didnt look at the .Trash files... hmm -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 8, 2007, 12:58:13 PM EDT

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