DU(1M) INTERACTIVE UNIX System DU(1M)
NAME
du - summarize disk usage
SYNOPSIS
du [ -sar ] [ names ]
DESCRIPTION
The du command reports the number of blocks contained in all
files and (recursively) directories within each directory
and file specified by the names argument. The block count
includes the indirect blocks of the file. If names is miss-
ing, the current directory is used.
The optional arguments are as follows:
-s causes only the grand total (for each of the specified
names) to be given.
-a causes an output line to be generated for each file.
If neither -s or -a is specified, an output line is gen-
erated for each directory only.
-r will cause du to generate messages about directories
that cannot be read, files that cannot be opened, etc.,
rather than being silent (the default).
A file with two or more links is only counted once.
BUGS
If the -a option is not used, non-directories given as argu-
ments are not listed.
If there are links between files in different directories
where the directories are on separate branches of the file
system hierarchy, du will count the excess files more than
once.
Files with holes in them will get an incorrect block count.
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