I think I officially have a hoarding problem...
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dfonly shows partitions, whereasduadds up the file sizes in the directory you specify.So, in particular, if you want to find out what's taking up so much space, you can repeatedly run
du -sh *andcdinto the largest directory.What he said. DF won't take into account the contents of mount points within a directory.
What he said. DF won't take into account the contents of mount points within a directory.
What he said. DF won't take into account the contents of mount points within a directory.
Or you run
ncduand save some keystrokes.What he said. DF won't take into account the contents of mount points within a directory.