GNU bug report logs - #44273
"total used in directory 19 available 5.2 GiB"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:21:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch, wontfix

Merged with 36729

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, juri <at> linkov.net, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 44273 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44273: "total used in directory 19 available 5.2 GiB"
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 22:25:24 +0300

* Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> [2020-11-01 19:38]:
> If the size field of each displayed entry could be accurately
> located and parsed, then that could be used to compose a more useful
> and defensible 'total' number. However this does not appear likely
> given the variation in locales, implementations and user-supplied
> options.

There exists Emacs package `dired-du' which may help you to see sizes
of subdirectories.

It will slow down system with many files but it work well for smaller.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 264 days ago.

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