Once allocated directory size displayed by ls will not be reduced even if the contents will be deleted. It will still show the large size it formerly needed as Andre described.
Though a du does not show different output:
This is a Linux box using ext3. It could be that other OS'es and fs'es might behave different. To change that back you'll have to delete and recreate the directory.
JFS2 on AIX resizes the size dynamically after contents are deleted, just as a side note.
hai friends
I need a program to find the size of a directory.. When i tried to get the size, it always gives the default space allocated for it. How can i findout the exact size of a directory using a c program
Thanks in advance
Collins (6 Replies)
hello
When i do a "ls -l" in a directory (Aix 5.3), i have the result :
>ls -l
total 65635864
-rw-r--r-- 1 lobi system 2559909888 Feb 20 15:06 cible5.7bdat
-rw-r--r-- 1 lobi system 1020098870 Feb 20 13:06 cible6.7bdat
-rw-r--r-- 1 lobi system 1544789511 Feb 20 11:06 cible9.7bdat
-rw-r--r--... (2 Replies)
Hi,
when I do ls -ld to a directiry I see the size of directory as 1024.
Does this mean my directory occupies 1024 blocks? What does exactly 1024 specify?
But when I do du -sk to directory it shows 9k.
any clarifications gurus?
-Ashish (1 Reply)
am I right in assuming that in unix a directory size is just information about that directory stored somewhere on the file system, and not a sum of its contents? This is because ls -l gives 1024 as my directory size, when the directory contains many gigs worth of stuff.
also, is
du -sk dir ... (2 Replies)
Hi,
We currently have an Oracle database running and it is creating lots of processes in the /proc directory that are 1000M in size. The size of the /proc directory is now reading 26T. How can this be if the root file system is only 13GB?
I have seen this before we an Oracle temp file... (6 Replies)
find . -type d -print 2>/dev/null|awk '!/\.$/ {for (i=1;i<NF;i++){d=length($i);if ( d < 5 && i != 1 )d=5;printf("%"d"s","|")}print "---"$NF}' FS='/'
Can someone explain how this works..??
How can i add directory size to be listed in the above command's output..?? (1 Reply)
To find the whole size of a particular directory i use "du -sk /dirname".. but after finding the direcory's size how do i make conditions like if the size of the dir is more than 1 GB i hav to delete some of the files inside the dir (0 Replies)
I have been searching both on Unix.com and Google and have not been able to find the answer to my question. I think it is partly because I can't come up with the right search terms.
Recently, my virtual server switched storage devices and I think the problem may be related to that change.... (2 Replies)
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arch::tempfiles
Arch::TempFiles(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Arch::TempFiles(3pm)NAME
Arch::TempFiles - help to manage temporary files/dirs
SYNOPSIS
use Arch::TempFiles qw(temp_file_name temp_file temp_dir);
# all will be removed automatically on the script completion
my $file_name1 = temp_file();
my $file_name2 = temp_file_name("status");
my $dir_name = temp_dir("arch-tree");
use Arch::TempFiles;
my $tmp = new Arch::TempFiles;
$tmp->root($tmp->dir);
my $file_name = $tmp->name;
open OUT, ">$file_name";
close OUT;
DESCRIPTION
This module deals with temporary file names. It is similar to File::Temp, but simplier and more focused. Also, File::Temp is relatively new
and was not shipped with older perl versions.
Both function interface and object oriented interface are supported.
FUNCTIONS /METHODS
The following functions are available:
temp_root, temp_name, temp_file_name, temp_dir_name, temp_file, temp_dir.
The corresponding class methods are available too:
root, name, file_name, dir_name, file, dir.
temp_root [dir]
$tmp->root [dir]
Change or return the root of the temporary files and dirs. The default is either $ENV{TMP_DIR} or "/tmp".
temp_name [label]
$tmp->name [label]
Return the unused temporary file name. The default file name is "/tmp/,,arch-XXXXXX" where XXXXXX is a random number. To change this
name use "temp_root" and/or provide label that replaces "arch".
Please note, that the operation of acquiring the file name using this function/method and actual creating of this file is not atomic.
So you may need to call this method again if the creation is failed, for example if some other process created the same file in the
middle.
temp_file_name [label]
$tmp->file_name [label]
Like "temp_name", but stores the name in the file list that will be removed on the end (on object destruction).
temp_dir_name [label]
$tmp->dir_name [label]
Like "temp_name", but stores the name in the dir list that will be removed on the end (on object destruction).
temp_file [label]
$tmp->file [label]
Like "temp_file_name", but also creates the file.
temp_dir [label]
$tmp->dir [label]
Like "temp_dir_name", but also creates the dir.
BUGS
Awaiting for your reports.
AUTHORS
Mikhael Goikhman (migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL/arch-perl--devel).
SEE ALSO
For a different interface, see File::Temp.
perl v5.10.1 2005-04-22 Arch::TempFiles(3pm)