Solaris Transition Guide

Monitoring File Systems

Table 9-14 shows the file and directory monitoring commands and changes, where they apply.

Table 9-14 File and Directory Monitoring Commands


Command	Information Provided	Change (if applicable)
`ls`	Size, age, permissions, owner of files	None
`du`	Total size of directories and their contents	None
`df`	Disk space occupied by file systems, directories, or mounted resources; used and available disk space	The SunOS release 4.x version of this command provides a different output format containing somewhat different output than the SunOS release 5.7 `df` command. The SunOS release 5.7 `-k` option provides output formats similar to those in the SunOS release 4.x command. The SunOS release 4.x `df` `-t` `filesystem` type reports on files of the specified type, whereas the SunOS release 5.7 `df-t` command prints full listings with totals.
`quot`	Number of blocks owned by users	None
`find`	Names of files meeting search criteria	The `-n` `cpio-device` SunOS release 4.x option is not available in the SunOS release 5.7 command. Write the current file on device in `cpio` `-c` format.