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How do I find out what is using up all the space on my / partition?
$df -h
returns
/dev/sda1 16G 16G 0 100% /
tmpfs 502M 0 502M 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 497M 116K 497M 1% /dev
tmpfs 502M 0 502M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sdb1 2.0T 886G 1.1T 47% /srv/ftp
/dev/sdc1 16G 12G 3.9G 75% /var/opt/CrushFTP6_PC/TempAccounts
then
$du -hs * | sort -rh
returns
886G srv
12G var
838M usr
119M lib
15M boot
5.8M bin
5.6M etc
4.6M sbin
2.4M lib32
120K root
116K dev
The 886GB is on /dev/sdb1
the 12GB is on /dev/sdc1
Please help me figure out where the space is going on /dev/sda1. Are there files that I deleted that are still in use? If so how can I find them?
df
uses the kernel's in-core idea of what's in use on the disk.du
walks the filesystem to see what's actually connected. The only time the two are guaranteed to agree is when the filesystem is clean and newly mounted...