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Tag Archives: filesystem
Tracking down used disk space: Follow largest directories
When a server is getting low on disk space, you need to find out what is taking up that space, and fast. I previously would run this command in /: 1sudo du -ch –max-depth=1 . This would show all the … Continue reading
Finding missing modules and making them available
On a few occasions, I have needed to debug python code in some production application that I couldn’t easy get installed on my local box, either because it was old, or had a very custom setup, or I just didn’t … Continue reading
Easier Sharing: SSHFS
My last post was on how I used Samba to share files from my central media server to other machines on my local network. Seemed great at first, but having used it for a little while, I was rather disappointed. … Continue reading
File renaming made simpler
Some people have difficulty renaming lots of files at once on the command line. I used to experience this issue a lot, especially since “mv” was the command recommended. While I can appreciate why mv makes sense for renaming, it … Continue reading