[BLU] How do I test for directory contents size?

[david at kramer.ne.mediaone.net (David Kramer)]

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Bill Horne wrote:

> OK, it's Monday:  this must be in the Nutshell book *somewhere*, but I
> can't find it.
> 
> How do I test to find out if the contents of a given directory will fit
> onto a given file system?
> 
> In other words, if I'm transferring a RedHat 6.2 CD onto a drive, what
> do I do to find out what will fit and what will not?

And the du command will tell you how much space you need.  Go to the
cdrom mount point and type "du -s"

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