du . -h --max-depth=1
Along with other scripts and/or operator... :)
ET
PS: You may want to get rid of the '-h' for scripts...
Eric Shubert writes:
> Alan Dayley wrote:
>> I have a server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It's running very
>> well but lately we have been running out of disk space on occasion.
>> The truth is we need more storage and that solution is coming. In the
>> mean time, I need to figure out where all the space is being consumed.
>>
>> Every once in a while I can see 3-5GB get consumed in about a day.
>> Then, when I warn everyone we are running out, this space suddenly
>> comes free. I think a user is eating the space and then freeing it up
>> when my warning goes out. But none of the users will admit to this
>> behavior. That's not a big deal because, whether a user or not, I'd
>> like to know what or who is eating this space and then releasing it.
>>
>> The server is running SAMBA shares for /home and other directores,
>> Bugzilla with MySQL on the database, TWiki, Subversion, CVS and ftp
>> services. Tracking each of these individually may be a bear. I was
>> thinking there may be a tool that tracks recent usage from the file
>> system level.
>>
>> What tools can I use to get a handle on this issue and increase my
>> knowledge about disk usage?
>>
>> Alan
>
> I would think that a periodic find command could suffice. You could
> write a find command that would "find all of the files over 1 gig that
> were created in the last 24 hours", then put it in cron.daily/. You can
> tailor the find command to suit your situation.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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