RE: IFS dir size, hard links only -- MIDRANGE-L

Good News Everybody!

The new search engine is LIVE!

Please report any problems to david (at) midrange.com.

Subject: RE: IFS dir size, hard links only
From: Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:08:45 +0000
List-archive: <https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/>
List-help: <mailto:midrange-l-request@midrange.com?subject=help>
List-id: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l.midrange.com>
List-post: <mailto:midrange-l@midrange.com>
List-subscribe: <https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l>, <mailto:midrange-l-request@midrange.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/options/midrange-l>, <mailto:midrange-l-request@midrange.com?subject=unsubscribe>

I know symlinks themselves are negligible. I just want to make sure it doesn't follow them and include the size for their targets.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gibbs [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 2:33 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IFS dir size, hard links only

On 8/21/2018 2:15 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:

What's the easiest way to get the size of an IFS directory, excluding symlinks?

(I don't know if/when symlinks are included. I just want to make sure.)

Symlinks are small.

'du .' will give you the size of the current, and all sub, directories.

david

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2026 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.