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DU(1)									 DU(1)

NAME
       du - summarize disk usage

SYNOPSIS
       du [ -p ] [ -l ] [ -s ] [ -a ] [ name ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       Du   gives  the	number	of  kilobytes  contained  in  all  files  and,
       recursively, directories within each specified directory or file	 name.
       If name is missing, `.'	is used.

       A  file	that's	the  target  of links is normally counted once, in the
       first  directory	 that  is  traversed.	The  -p	 option	 changes  this
       accounting  to spread the file across all of its directories by causing
       only 1/nth of the file to be counted per	 occurrence  in	 a  directory,
       where n is the number of references to the file.

       The  -l	option	restricts searches to the file system containing name.
       The -s option causes only the grand total to be given.  The  -a	option
       causes  an entry to be generated for each file.	If neither -s or -a is
       specified, an entry is generated for each directory only.

SEE ALSO
       df(1), quot(8)

BUGS
       Unless the -a option is specified, du ignores non-directory names.

       If there are too many distinct linked files, du counts the excess files
       multiply.

       If  multiple  names  are specified, then du forks a separate process to
       handle each  additional	one.   Because	these  processes  don't	 share
       information,  linked  files  might  be  counted	more  than  once.  For
       example, you can get different information from `du *'  than  from  `du
       .'.

7th Edition			April 29, 1985				 DU(1)

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