DIRUSE

Display disk usage.

DIRUSE [/,] [/*] [/A] [/B | /K | /M] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/O] [/Q:#] [/S] [/V] paths...

paths... (NT4)

Folders to display usage of.

/, (NT4)

Use thousand separator when displaying sizes.

/* (NT4)

Report on one level of subfolders (top-level folders only).

/A (NT4)

generate an alert if quota is exceeded (requires the Alerter service)

/B (NT4)

Display in bytes (default).

/C (NT4)

Use Compressed size instead of apparent size.

/D (NT4)

Display only folders that exceed specified sizes.

/K (NT4)

Display in Kb.

/L (NT4)

Output overflows to logfile .\DIRUSE.LOG.

/M (NT4)

Display in Mb.

/O (NT4)

Don't check subfolders for quota overflow.

/Q:# (NT4)

Quota limit, mark folders that exceed the size (#) with a "!". Set %ERRORLEVEL% to ONE if any folders are found that exceed the specified size.

/S (NT4)

Include detail of every subfolder in the output.

/V (NT4)

Display progress report for every subfolder.

DIR - Display a list of files and folders.
You can also list files with XCOPY /L
Equivalent Linux BASH commands:
quota - Display disk usage and limits.
quotacheck - Scan a file system for disk usage.
quotactl - Set disk quotas.
ulimit - Limit user resources.

• Switch symbols

The '-' symbol can be used in place of the '/' symbol.

    DIRUSE /M /Q:1.5 /* e:\users

• 1 Any folders found that exceed specified quota size

External Resource Kit

DOS

none

Windows

none

Windows NT

NT4