XDU(1) Unix Programmer's Manual XDU(1)


NAME
xdu - display the output of "du" in an X window

SYNOPSIS
du | xdu [options]

DESCRIPTION
Xdu is a program for displaying a graphical tree of disk space
utilization as reported by the UNIX utility "du". The user can navigate
through the tree structure and change the order of the displayed
information. The window is divided up into several columns, each of
which is one level deeper in the directory hierarchy (from left to
right). Boxes are drawn for each directory. The amount of vertical
space occupied by each box is directly proportional to the amount of disk
space consumed by it and all of its children. The name of each directory
and the amount of data are displayed provided that there is enough space
within its box. Any space at the "bottom" of a box not covered by its
children to the right represents the space consumed by files in that
directory (as opposed to space from its children).

There are several command line options available. Equivalent resources
(if any) are shown with each option.

+s (.showsize: true) display sizes (the default).

-s (.showsize: false) don't display sizes.

-c num
display num columns.

-a (.order: alpha) sorts display alphabetically.

-ra (.order: ralpha) sorts display reverse alphabetically.

-n (.order: size) sorts display numerically (largest first).

-rn (.order: rsize) sorts display reverse numerically (smallest first).

-fg color
(.foregound) determines the color of the text and lines.

-bg color
(.background) determines the color of the background.

-rv reverse video (for monochrome displays)

In addition to these the usual toolkit options such as -rv, -font,
-display, -geometry, are supported.


MOUSE ACTIONS
The user can move up or down the tree by clicking the left mouse on a
directory box. If the left most box is selected, the display will move
up one level (assuming you are not already at the root). If any other
box is selected, it will be placed against the left edge of the window
and the display will be rescaled appropriately. At any time the middle
mouse will bring you back to the root. Clicking the right mouse will


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exit the program.

KEYSTROKES
Several keystroke commands are supported. Note that all sorting happens
from the current root node down, so it is possible to sort one subtree
differently than another by clicking into it, doing a sort, and going
back up to the parent.

1-9,0
sets the number of columns in the display (0 = 10).

a alphabetical sort.

n numerical sort (largest first).

f first-in-first-out sort (this is the order the data was read into
the program).

l last-in-first-out sort.

r reverse sense of sort.

h display a keyboard help message to standard out.

i display information about the current root node to standard out.
The first line shows the path within the tree, the total size from
this node on down, and the precentage that total represents of all
of the data given to xdu. Subsequent lines show the size and name
information for all children of this node in the order they are
currently sorted in. This allows tiny directories to be seen that
otherwise could not be labled on the display, and also allows for
cutting and pasting of the information.

/ goto the root.

q (or Escape) exit the program.

ACTIONS
All mouse and keyboard events trigger actions so they can all be rebound
by translations to suit the individual. The action functions are:

reset()
goes to the root node.

goto()
moves down into the directory currently under the mouse (and is thus
probably only useful bound to a mouse button).

quit()
exits the program.

reorder(type)
sorts the display from the current root node down according to one
of: alpha, ralpha (reverse alphabetical), size (largest to
smallest), rsize (smallest to largest), first (as originally read
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sort mode is currently selected).

size()
toggles size display on/off

ncol(num)
sets the number of columns to num.

info()
displays directory information as described in the KEYBOARD section.

help()
displays a keystroke help message to standard out.

As an example of rebinding these, you could put the following in your
resources file:

XDu*translations: #override\n\
X: reorder(reverse)\n\
: info()

to make the 'x' key reverse the current sort order and the right mouse
button print the directory information message.

RESOURCES
The following resources are supported with some sample values.

XDu.foreground: yellow
XDu.background: blue4
XDu*window.width: 600
XDu*window.height: 480
XDu.ncol: 5
XDu.font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--14-*
XDu.showsize: False
XDu.order: size

EXAMPLE
cd /usr/src
du > /tmp/du.out
xdu -n /tmp/du.out

BUGS
On some machines keyboard input may not be accepted by xdu until the
mouse is moved out of and back into the window. I have been told that
putting the following in your resources file may fix this.

.FocusLenience: True

SEE ALSO
du(1)

AUTHOR
Phillip C. Dykstra





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