Determine the folder size

**Nithya** · 07-08-2005

Hi,

I have a folder named "test" with many subfolders and files and with in it.

What is the command to determine the total size of the folder name "test",including the subfolders and files,in bytes ?

Could any one help me on this ?

Thanks,
Nithya

**nalg0rath** · 07-08-2005

Try:

Code:

du -s /dir/

**gagan_goku** · 07-08-2005

try stat filename for complete info on file
along with size

**scm** · 07-09-2005

du shows the size in blocks, which is a more accurate representation of the space occupied by files. wc -c will give the size of individual files in bytes. BTW, they're called directories in UNIX/Linux. not folders; that's a Windoze abomination.

**Dolda2000** · 07-09-2005

Originally Posted by scm

BTW, they're called directories in UNIX/Linux. not folders; that's a Windoze abomination.

And that is Unix (not UNIX) and GNU/Linux to you, Sir!

Anyway, I can't deny that I agree with you. Make of it what you will, but here's a discussion on this from two and a half years back: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-217.html

To add something on-topic to this discussion, I might as well say that, to replicate what `du' does when it counts actual blocks, see the st_blocks and st_blksize elements of the return struct used when calling stat(2) on a file. st_blocks returns the number of blocks a file takes up, and st_blksize returns the blocksize of the filesystem that the file resides on. In other words, to get the effective space a file occupies, multiply st_blocks and st_blksize with each other.
I have no idea what ReiserFS returns here when tail packing.

**the_unforgiven** · 07-09-2005

Code:

$du -ah /path/to/dir

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/du.1.html

-a : all files
-h : human-readable form

**lakerdonald** · 07-09-2005

Originally Posted by Dolda2000

Originally Posted by scm

BTW, they're called directories in UNIX/Linux. not folders; that's a Windoze abomination.

And that is Unix (not UNIX) and GNU/Linux to you, Sir!

Anyway, I can't deny that I agree with you. Make of it what you will, but here's a discussion on this from two and a half years back: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-217.html

To add something on-topic to this discussion, I might as well say that, to replicate what `du' does when it counts actual blocks, see the st_blocks and st_blksize elements of the return struct used when calling stat(2) on a file. st_blocks returns the number of blocks a file takes up, and st_blksize returns the blocksize of the filesystem that the file resides on. In other words, to get the effective space a file occupies, multiply st_blocks and st_blksize with each other.
I have no idea what ReiserFS returns here when tail packing.

Ask Dolda2000 a question, he'll tell you the system call.

**Santa's little helper** · 07-09-2005

du -b will give you the size in bytes.But it seems
to be Linux specific.

I have no idea what ReiserFS returns here when tail packing.

I have no idea what this means

By the way I read the other thread.Who was that wassy121 who was
threatening to lock it ? Was he a mod back then ?

**lakerdonald** · 07-09-2005

I think he used to be one.

**Santa's little helper** · 07-09-2005

Why isn't he anymore ? Was he demoted or something ?

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