[YLUG] File size visualisation

Jess Wardman paul.wardman at gmail.com
Wed Jun 24 09:42:54 UTC 2009


I use Disk Usage Analyzer on Ubuntu. Takes a while to poll the filesystem,
but is a decent graphical representation.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Stuart Priest <sap1 at york.ac.uk> wrote:

> Zoe Stephenson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   At the social we discussed, among many things, file size visualisation.
> > Well, "discussed" might be a little strong.  "Mentioned" is perhaps more
> > accurate.  I mentioned that I'd used gdmap to find some troublingly large
> > files, and we also recalled that Konqueror has a way of presenting a
> > similar view.  I'm wondering if there are other similar utilities, and
> > which one is the best to use - thoughts?  Experiences?
> >
>
> Dear Zoe
>
> In the good old days when all my UNIX machines were SGIs I used FSN
> (File System Navigator - as seen in Jurassic Park).  I think someone
> created a Linux version called fsv but I never tried it.
>
> Regards
> --
> Stuart Priest
> Bioscience Computing Manager, Dept. of Biology (Area 15)
> University of York, PO Box 373, YORK, YO10 5YW, UK
> Telephone 01904 328744, mobile 07876 577900, FAX 01904 328804
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