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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!noc.van.hookup.net!ais.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.uio.no!news.apfel.de!fu-berlin.de!news.gtn.com!klemm.gtn.com!usenet From: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Hidden files Date: 1 Feb 1997 17:29:25 GMT Organization: FreeBSD makes fun Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5cvuhl$17t@klemm.gtn.com> References: <32f307e6.3327605@news.intergate.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: klemm.gtn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 To: jordon@intergate.bc.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35311 [Posted and mailed] In article <32f307e6.3327605@news.intergate.bc.ca>, jordon@intergate.bc.ca (Jordon Randall) writes: > I think I have some hidden files on my system, and I would like to > know what command I would use to view them, or find them if any. My > root partition has about 26 megs of files that are unacounted for, and > is causing my system to crash sometimes, because it can easily be > filled because of this. If you have any suggestions please reply to > me via email or new reply, thanx a lot. Unix doesn't know hidden files like in Messy DOS. Files starting with a . (dot) are sometimes 'hidden' to a user, but only if he uses ls(1) without the -a option. Maybe du(1) helps you to see directories, which seem to be too full. -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<