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df
Report filesystem disk space usage, with no arguments, `df' reports
the space used and available on all currently mounted filesystems (of all types).
Otherwise, `df' reports on the filesystem containing each argument FILE.
SYNTAX df [OPTION]... [FILE]... Normally the disk space is printed in units of 1024 bytes, but this can be overridden. OPTIONS `-a' `--all' Include in the listing filesystems that have a size of 0 blocks, which are omitted by default. Such filesystems are typically special-purpose pseudo-filesystems, such as automounter entries. Also, filesystems of type "ignore" or "auto", supported by some operating systems, are only included if this option is specified. `-h' `--human-readable' Append a size letter such as `M' for megabytes to each size. Powers of 1024 are used, not 1000; `M' stands for 1,048,576 bytes. Use the `-H' or `--si' option if you prefer powers of 1000. `-H' `--si' Append a size letter such as `M' for megabytes to each size. (SI is the International System of Units, which defines these letters as prefixes.) Powers of 1000 are used, not 1024; `M' stands for 1,000,000 bytes. Use the `-h' or `--human-readable' option if you prefer powers of 1024. `-i' `--inodes' List inode usage information instead of block usage. An inode (short for index node) is contains information about a file such as its owner, permissions, timestamps, and location on the disk. `-k' `--kilobytes' Print sizes in 1024-byte blocks, overriding the default block size. `-l' `--local' Limit the listing to local filesystems. By default, remote filesystems are also listed. `-m' `--megabytes' Print sizes in megabyte (that is, 1,048,576-byte) blocks. `--no-sync' Do not invoke the `sync' system call before getting any usage data. This may make `df' run significantly faster on systems with many disks, but on some systems (notably SunOS) the results may be slightly out of date. This is the default. `-P' `--portability' Use the POSIX output format. This is like the default format except that the information about each filesystem is always printed on exactly one line; a mount device is never put on a line by itself. This means that if the mount device name is more than 20 characters long (e.g., for some network mounts), the columns are misaligned. `--sync' Invoke the `sync' system call before getting any usage data. On some systems (notably SunOS), doing this yields more up to date results, but in general this option makes `df' much slower, especially when there are many or very busy filesystems. `-t FSTYPE' `--type=FSTYPE' Limit the listing to filesystems of type FSTYPE. Multiple filesystem types can be specified by giving multiple `-t' options. By default, nothing is omitted. `-T' `--print-type' Print each filesystem's type. The types printed here are the same ones you can include or exclude with `-t' and `-x'. The particular types printed are whatever is supported by the system. Here are some of the common names (this list is certainly not exhaustive): `nfs' An NFS filesystem, i.e., one mounted over a network from another machine. This is the one type name which seems to be used uniformly by all systems. `4.2, ufs, efs...' A filesystem on a locally-mounted hard disk. (The system might even support more than one type here; Linux does.) `hsfs, cdfs' A filesystem on a CD-ROM drive. HP-UX uses `cdfs', most other systems use `hsfs' (`hs' for `High Sierra'). `pcfs' An MS-DOS filesystem, usually on a diskette. `-x FSTYPE' `--exclude-type=FSTYPE' Limit the listing to filesystems not of type FSTYPE. Multiple filesystem types can be eliminated by giving multiple `-x' options. By default, no filesystem types are omitted. `-v' Ignored; for compatibility with System V versions of `df'.
DESCRIPTION
If an argument FILE is a disk device file containing a mounted filesystem, `df'
shows the space available on that filesystem rather than on the filesystem containing
the device node (i.e., the root filesystem). GNU `df' does not attempt to determine
the disk usage on unmounted filesystems, because on most kinds of systems doing
so requires extremely nonportable intimate knowledge of filesystem structures.
Related commands:
du - Estimate file space usage
quot(1M), tunefs(1M), mnttab(4), attributes(5)
Equivalent Windows NT commands:
DIR - Display a list of files and folders
DIRUSE - resource kit utility to show size of multiple subfolders.
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