Finding total folder size

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TomAlciere

Finding total folder size

Legg inn av TomAlciere » 12 jan 2007 02:32:51

Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

Tom Alciere

Joe Makowiec

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Joe Makowiec » 12 jan 2007 03:05:20

On 11 Jan 2007 in soc.genealogy.computing, TomAlciere wrote:

Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory
and all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the
many sub-folders.

You don't say what operating system you're on.

Windows: open a command window (Start>Run>cmd), then at the prompt:

c:\whatever>dir /s

Mac (maybe; I don't have one to test on, but this works on most Unix-
like systems): open a terminal window

[me@mycomputer ~]$ du

In either case, if you want an editable copy, add " > files.txt"
(without the quotes) to the end of the command.

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Denis Beauregard

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 12 jan 2007 03:06:04

On 11 Jan 2007 17:32:51 -0800, "TomAlciere"
<TomAlciere@TomAlciere.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

Start the prompt command and type:

the drive letter of the disk, i.e.

c:

cd \
dir /s >dir.c


then, edit the dir.c file and search all the lines with the size of
the directory.


Denis

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Kay Archer

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Kay Archer » 12 jan 2007 03:20:42

"TomAlciere" <TomAlciere@TomAlciere.com> wrote in message
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Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

In Windows Explorer*(1, 2), right click on the folder and select properties.

There is a freeware program available that will add a "Folder Size" column
to Windows Explorer, but it only works on the c: drive.
There may be Windows Explorer replacements that provide this information as
well
I suggest http://www.majorgeeks.com or http://www.cnet.com for freeware downloads.



*1Should also work in My Computer.

*2 as opposed to Explorer or Internet Explorer

John

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av John » 12 jan 2007 04:53:52

On 11 Jan 2007 17:32:51 -0800, "TomAlciere"
<TomAlciere@TomAlciere.com> wrote:

Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

Tom Alciere

For Windows, download MouseSoft Directory Size (freebie). It will
list the sizes of all the directories on the drive and sorts them from
largest to smallest.
You can click on a directory to see the sizes of its sub-directories.

http://www.mousesoft.co.uk/index.php?mds

John

Hugh Watkins

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 12 jan 2007 12:11:11

John wrote:
On 11 Jan 2007 17:32:51 -0800, "TomAlciere"
TomAlciere@TomAlciere.com> wrote:


Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

Tom Alciere


For Windows, download MouseSoft Directory Size (freebie). It will
list the sizes of all the directories on the drive and sorts them from
largest to smallest.
You can click on a directory to see the sizes of its sub-directories.

http://www.mousesoft.co.uk/index.php?mds



buy a usb drive and back up your hard disk on to that first
or at least "my documents" for each user


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Martin

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Martin » 12 jan 2007 17:59:08

In article <1168565571.778311.168630
@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
TomAlciere@TomAlciere.com says...
Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?


Treesize - free at

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Used it for years
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Dale DePriest

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Dale DePriest » 13 jan 2007 02:15:56

In Windows XP just hover over the directory in the exploer window. Or
right click on the directory folder and check properties.

Dale

TomAlciere wrote:
Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

Tom Alciere


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Kerry Raymond

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Kerry Raymond » 13 jan 2007 05:53:11

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

Then you may be interested in big files rather than just big folders.

I use the Windows Search command looking for files based on size. I usually
start by looking for > 100M files -- as they are the real space eaters, and
then reduce the limit until I've found enough I can delete to get the disk
usage down far enough.

I find it tends to be music (.WAV) files and various backup copies of my
main FTM database that are chewing up my space.

Kerry

Don

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Don » 14 jan 2007 16:26:18

Tom:

I use a free program call TreeSize. You can get it at:
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

It will show you the directory sizes in one window that allows you to
click down to analyze each directory. You can also sort the
directories by size. The price is right also.

Don Glenn

TomAlciere wrote:
Is there an easy way to learn what is the total size of a directory and
all of its subdirectories?

I'm running low on disk space and need to find the junk, among the many
sub-folders.

Tom Alciere

Gjest

Re: Finding total folder size

Legg inn av Gjest » 15 jan 2007 14:48:41

My preferred application for this is treesize (freeware) at
http://www.jam-software.com/software.html or treesize pro (shareware)
at http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/.

Easy to use and to sort your directories by size.

The paid-for pro version adds a pie chart view and the ability to
delete files from within treesize.

Dan

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