From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Wed, 8 Oct 2025 06:38:00 +0100, Russell Gadd   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 05/10/2025 21:03, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > > RobH wrote:   
   > >> it is called Disc Usage Analyser in my Linux Mint system.   
   > >   
   > > That is a strange tool to make multicolor 'designs' as either a   
   > > tree map or a ring shaped 'analysis'.   
   > >   
   > > I've never used it, but I 'don't like it'; don't see a use for it.   
   > > Its webpage says that it is useful to see where space is wasted.   
   > >   
   > > Its command is baobab (?!) ...   
   > >   
   >   
   > I find it useful to clean out backups that I don't need (on a backup   
   > disc).   
      
   BTW, for anyone interested:   
      
      https://github.com/mcuelenaere/fsv   
      
   It's a clone of the tool that SGI machines had for visually   
   inspecting disk usage in directories.  Seen in _Jurassic Park_,   
   when Lex says "It's a Unix system...I know this!"   
      
   But having said that, I just ran it in a directory that had   
   a bunch of big video files, and the proportions between the   
   directory make the smaller directories difficult to see.   
      
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