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DU(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						     DU(1)

NAME
du -- display disk usage statistics SYNOPSIS
du [-H | -L | -P] [-a | -s | -d depth] [-c] [-h | -k | -m | -g] [-x] [-I mask] [file ...] DESCRIPTION
The du utility displays the file system block usage for each file argument and for each directory in the file hierarchy rooted in each direc- tory argument. If no file is specified, the block usage of the hierarchy rooted in the current directory is displayed. The options are as follows: -a Display an entry for each file in a file hierarchy. -c Display a grand total. -d depth Display an entry for all files and directories depth directories deep. -H Symbolic links on the command line are followed, symbolic links in file hierarchies are not followed. -h "Human-readable" output. Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte. -I mask Ignore files and directories matching the specified mask. -g Display block counts in 1073741824-byte (1-Gbyte) blocks. -k Display block counts in 1024-byte (1-Kbyte) blocks. -L Symbolic links on the command line and in file hierarchies are followed. -m Display block counts in 1048576-byte (1-Mbyte) blocks. -P No symbolic links are followed. This is the default. -r Generate messages about directories that cannot be read, files that cannot be opened, and so on. This is the default case. This option exists solely for conformance with X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4 (``XPG4''). -s Display an entry for each specified file. (Equivalent to -d 0) -x File system mount points are not traversed. The du utility counts the storage used by symbolic links and not the files they reference unless the -H or -L option is specified. If either the -H or -L options are specified, storage used by any symbolic links which are followed is not counted or displayed. If more than one of the -H, -L, and -P options is specified, the last one given is used. Files having multiple hard links are counted (and displayed) a single time per du execution. Directories having multiple hard links (typi- cally Time Machine backups) are counted a single time per du execution. ENVIRONMENT
BLOCKSIZE If the environment variable BLOCKSIZE is set, and the -k option is not specified, the block counts will be displayed in units of that size block. If BLOCKSIZE is not set, and the -k option is not specified, the block counts will be displayed in 512-byte blocks. LEGACY DESCRIPTION
In legacy mode, only one of the -H, -L, or -P options may be specified. The command will detect and report a SYMLOOP error (loop involving symbolic links). In legacy mode, this is not the case. For more information about legacy mode, see compat(5). SEE ALSO
df(1), fts(3), compat(5), symlink(7), quot(8) HISTORY
A du command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX. BSD
June 2, 2004 BSD

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DF(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						     DF(1)

NAME
df -- display free disk space SYNOPSIS
df [-b | -h | -H | -k | -m | -g | -P] [-ailn] [-t] [-T type] [file | filesystem ...] LEGACY SYNOPSIS
df [-b | -h | -H | -k | -m | -P] [-ailn] [-t type] [-T type] [file | filesystem ...] DESCRIPTION
The df utility displays statistics about the amount of free disk space on the specified filesystem or on the filesystem of which file is a part. Values are displayed in 512-byte per block counts. If neither a file or a filesystem operand is specified, statistics for all mounted filesystems are displayed (subject to the -t option below). The following options are available: -a Show all mount points, including those that were mounted with the MNT_IGNORE flag. -b Use (the default) 512-byte blocks. This is only useful as a way to override an BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. -g Use 1073741824-byte (1-Gbyte) blocks rather than the default. Note that this overrides the BLOCKSIZE specification from the environ- ment. -H "Human-readable" output. Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to three or less using base 10 for sizes. -h "Human-readable" output. Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to three or less using base 2 for sizes. -i Include statistics on the number of free inodes. This option is now the default to conform to Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv3'') Use -P to suppress this output. -k Use 1024-byte (1-Kbyte) blocks, rather than the default. Note that this overrides the BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. -l Only display information about locally-mounted filesystems. -m Use 1048576-byte (1-Mbyte) blocks rather than the default. Note that this overrides the BLOCKSIZE specification from the environ- ment. -n Print out the previously obtained statistics from the filesystems. This option should be used if it is possible that one or more filesystems are in a state such that they will not be able to provide statistics without a long delay. When this option is speci- fied, df will not request new statistics from the filesystems, but will respond with the possibly stale statistics that were previ- ously obtained. -P Use (the default) 512-byte blocks. This is only useful as a way to override an BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. -T Only print out statistics for filesystems of the specified types. More than one type may be specified in a comma separated list. The list of filesystem types can be prefixed with ``no'' to specify the filesystem types for which action should not be taken. For example, the df command: df -T nonfs,mfs lists all filesystems except those of type NFS and MFS. The lsvfs(1) command can be used to find out the types of filesystems that are available on the system. -t If used with no arguments, this option is a no-op (Mac OS X already prints the total allocated-space figures). If used with an argu- ment, it acts like -T, but this usage is deprecated and should not be relied upon. ENVIRONMENT
BLOCKSIZE If the environment variable BLOCKSIZE is set, the block counts will be displayed in units of that size block. BUGS
The -n and -t flags are ignored if a file or filesystem is specified. LEGACY DESCRIPTION
The "capacity" percentage is normally rounded up to the next higher integer. In legacy mode, it is rounded down to the next lower integer. When the -P option and the -k option are used together, sizes are reported in 1024-blocks. In legacy mode, when the -P option and -k option are used together, the last option specified dictates the reported block size. The -t option is normally a no-op (Mac OS X already prints the total allocated-space figures). In legacy mode, it is equivalent to -T. For more information about legacy mode, see compat(5). SEE ALSO
lsvfs(1), quota(1), fstatfs(2), getfsstat(2), statfs(2), getmntinfo(3), compat(5), fstab(5), mount(8), quot(8) HISTORY
A df command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX. BSD
May 8, 1995 BSD
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