ext3 disk full

[Eric Shubert]

Trent Shipley wrote:
> My 250GB ext3 disk on Ubuntu 10.4 is full.  I can't find more than 20GB 
> worth of data on the disk.  Disk Usage Analyzer and GUI file tools show 
> the disk with only 10GB free.  Disk utility and e2fsck show the drive as 
> fine so I can't get it to repair itself.  Even so I have about 220GB of 
> mystery data on the disk.
> 
> 

Perhaps some hidden (.*) files or directory somewhere.
I usually start at the top:
# du -shc /*
Then work my way down the branches that are the heavy hitters:
# du -shc /home/*
When you get to a directory that doesn't add up, there are probably some 
hidden files/directories in it:
# du -shc /home/myacct/.*

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-Eric 'shubes'