From 2fe3943ed5009d31eff63cf07c992256550ea7c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bootandy Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 21:07:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 34fbf52..32abf76 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ du + rust = dust. A rust alternative to du To install: * Download linux / mac binary from [Releases](https://github.com/bootandy/dust/releases) * unzip file: tar -xvf - * copy file to search path: sudo cp /usr/local/bin/ + * copy file to search path: sudo mv dust /usr/local/bin/ Unlike du, dust is meant to give you an instant overview of which directories are using disk space without requiring sort or head. Dust does not count file system blocks; it uses file sizes instead. Dust will print a maximum of 1 'Did not have permissions message'. @@ -44,4 +44,8 @@ djin:git/dust> dust ``` Performance: dust is currently about 4 times slower than du. +Alternatives: + * [NCDU](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu) + * du -d 1 -h | sort -h + Note: Apparent-size is calculated slightly differently in dust to gdu. In dust each hard link is counted as using file_length space. In gdu only the first entry is counted.