du(1) [osx man page]
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 [--libxo] [-b | -g | -H | -h | -k | -m | -P] [-acilnT] [-,] [-t type] [file | filesystem ...] DESCRIPTION
The df utility displays statistics about the amount of free disk space on the specified file system or on the file system of which file is a part. By default block counts are displayed with an assumed block size of 512 bytes. If neither a file or a file system operand is speci- fied, statistics for all mounted file systems 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. This is implied for file systems specified on the command line. -b Explicitly use 512 byte blocks, overriding any BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. This is the same as the -P option. The -k option overrides this option. -c Display a grand total. -g Use 1073741824 byte (1 Gibibyte) blocks rather than the default. This overrides any BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. -h ``Human-readable'' output. Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kibibyte, Mebibyte, Gibibyte, Tebibyte and Pebibyte (based on powers of 1024) in order to reduce the number of digits to four or fewer. -H ``Human-readable'' output. Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte (based on powers of 1000) in order to reduce the number of digits to four or fewer. -i Include statistics on the number of free and used inodes. In conjunction with the -h or -H options, the number of inodes is scaled by powers of 1000. -k Use 1024 byte (1 Kibibyte) blocks rather than the default. This overrides the -P option and any BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. -l Only display information about locally-mounted file systems. -m Use 1048576 byte (1 Mebibyte) blocks rather than the default. This overrides any BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. -n Print out the previously obtained statistics from the file systems. This option should be used if it is possible that one or more file systems 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 file systems, but will respond with the possibly stale statistics that were previ- ously obtained. -P Explicitly use 512 byte blocks, overriding any BLOCKSIZE specification from the environment. This is the same as the -b option. The -k option overrides this option. -t Only print out statistics for file systems of the specified types. More than one type may be specified in a comma separated list. The list of file system types can be prefixed with ``no'' to specify the file system types for which action should not be taken. For example, the df command: df -t nonfs,nullfs lists all file systems except those of type NFS and NULLFS. The lsvfs(1) command can be used to find out the types of file systems that are available on the system. -T Include file system type. -, (Comma) Print sizes grouped and separated by thousands using the non-monetary separator returned by localeconv(3), typically a comma or period. If no locale is set, or the locale does not have a non-monetary separator, this option has no effect. ENVIRONMENT
BLOCKSIZE Specifies the units in which to report block counts. This uses getbsize(3), which allows units of bytes or numbers scaled with the letters k (for multiples of 1024 bytes), m (for multiples of 1048576 bytes) or g (for gibibytes). The allowed range is 512 bytes to 1 GB. If the value is outside, it will be set to the appropriate limit. SEE ALSO
lsvfs(1), quota(1), fstatfs(2), getfsstat(2), statfs(2), getbsize(3), getmntinfo(3), libxo(3), localeconv(3), xo_parse_args(3), fstab(5), mount(8), pstat(8), quot(8), swapinfo(8) STANDARDS
With the exception of most options, the df utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 (``POSIX.1''), which defines only the -k, -P and -t options. HISTORY
A df command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX. BUGS
The -n flag is ignored if a file or file system is specified. Also, if a mount point is not accessible by the user, it is possible that the file system information could be stale. The -b and -P options are identical. The former comes from the BSD tradition, and the latter is required for IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 (``POSIX.1'') conformity. BSD
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