xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up all your disk space. It is based on the design of xdu.
xdiskusage runs “du” and “df”, displays the free space left on the disk, and produces a PostScript version of the display.
The software has very minimal requirements.
Website: xdiskusage.sourceforge.net
Support: SourceForge Project Page
Developer: Bill Spitzak
License: GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version
xdiskusage is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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