DIRUSE (2K Resource Kit / XP Support Tools)
Display disk usage
Syntax DIRUSE [options] Folders...
Options /M Display in Mb /K Display in Kb /B Display in bytes (default) /, Use thousand separator when displaying sizes. /Q:# Quota limit, mark folders that exceed the size (#) with a "!". set %errorlevel% to ONE if any folders are found that exceed the specified size /* Report on one level of subfolders (top-level folders) /D Display only folders that exceed specified sizes. /S Include detail of every subfolder in the output /O Don't check subfolders for quota overflow. /V Display progress report for every subfolder /C Use Compressed size instead of apparent size. /L Output overflows to logfile .\DIRUSE.LOG. /A generate an alert if quota is exceeded (requires the Alerter service)
Note: the '-' symbol can be used in place of the '/' symbol.
Example
DIRUSE /M /q:1.5 /* e:\users
"Work is achieved by those employees who have not yet reached their
level of incompetence" - Laurence J. Peter (The
Peter Principle)
Related commands
DIR - Display a list of files and folders
You can also list files with XCOPY /L
Freedisk.exe - check free disk space. (Win
2K ResKit)
FSUTIL - File and Volume utilities
Equivalent Linux BASH commands
du - Disk Usage
quota - Display disk usage and limits
quotacheck - Scan a file system for disk
usage
quotactl - Set disk quotas
ulimit - Limit user resources