On SCO-UNIX, for example, you need to add a -k parameter to get sizes in kilobyte chunks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Hicks [mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:34 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] staroffice 6.0 > > > Lorry <fish at slava.net> wrote: > > > > Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > > > > how much free space do you have on the partition you're > downloading > > > files to? > > > > > good question... probably 2G but I honestly don't remember. > Where do I > > look for this info? > > Took me forever to find this out when I started using Linux. > > To find free disk space, use `df' (disk free) > To find used disk space, use `du' (disk used) > > Of course, consult man pages, etc... One note: on Linux, > these utilities > almost always report sizes in kilobyte chunks. On other Unix > variants, > sizes are often reported in filesystem blocks, which can > range from 512 > Bytes (maybe less) to 4kBytes and higher. > > -- > _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ It's a Mexican standoff. > / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ Only we ain't got no > \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) Mexicans. > [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | > mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] > PRIVACY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain business confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If this e-mail was not intended for you, please notify the sender by reply e-mail that you received this in error. Destroy all copies of the original message and attachments.