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What do you mean by the "size" of a directory?
The number of files in the directory? Including subdirectories? Including files in subdirectories?
The number of bytes contained in all files in the directory? Including files in subdirectories?
The number of directory blocks taken up by the directory? And it's subdirectories? Tracy Dryden
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Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
The number of files in the directory? Including subdirectories? Including files in subdirectories?
The number of bytes contained in all files in the directory? Including files in subdirectories?
The number of directory blocks taken up by the directory? And it's subdirectories? Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
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I need the size of the directory in bytes, including sub-directories and files. I was wondering if there was a way to get the total size of a dir without having to traverse to every file and sub-dir in that dir. If you know of some way it be much appreciated. 8)
If it's a directory's size in bytes(or Megs) you're after, then I can help you on Linux. Use the "du -sh" command like:
$ du -sh /tmp
to get the size of the /tmp directory. Here is what that command returns to me:
2.4M /tmp
HTH.
Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
$ du -sh /tmp
to get the size of the /tmp directory. Here is what that command returns to me:
2.4M /tmp
HTH.
Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
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