dwalk: show where most space is used
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- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 200
- Forks
- 85
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
When users run into file system quotas, they often don't understand where the bulk of their files are. Having a printout to show disk usage is just the sort of thing dwalk should be able to do (or a tool on top of dwalk).
Here is an example tool that does the same thing: https://ownyourbits.com/2018/03/25/analyze-disk-usage-with-dutree/
Hopper has this ability as well.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing dwalk's existing command and output behavior, then compare the requested disk-usage view with the linked dutree example and Hopper. Define what the output should show and how users would identify the directories consuming the most space; the feature is done when dwalk provides that usable printout.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100