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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:59:44 +0000 |
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diff --git a/help/C/fs-diskusage.page b/help/C/fs-diskusage.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0314d86 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/fs-diskusage.page @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" style="task" + id="fs-diskusage"> + <info> + <revision version="0.1" date="2014-01-27" status="review"/> + <link type="guide" xref="index#filesystems" group="filesystems" /> + <link type="seealso" xref="fs-info" /> + <link type="seealso" xref="units" /> + + <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Phil Bull</name> + <email>philbull@gmail.com</email> + <years>2014</years> + </credit> + + <desc>The <gui>File Systems</gui> tab shows how much space is being used on each hard disk.</desc> + </info> + + <title>Check how much disk space is being used</title> + + <p>To check how much space is available on a disk, go to the <gui>File Systems</gui> tab and look at the <gui>Used</gui> and <gui>Available</gui> columns.</p> + + <p>If several devices are shown, and you are looking for the one that has your Home folder on it, look for the disk that has <file>/</file> or <file>/home</file> listed under <gui>Directory</gui>. This is usually (but not always) the disk where your personal files are stored.</p> + + + <section id="free-space"> + <title>Freeing-up disk space</title> + + <p>If you don't have much disk space left, there are a few things you can do to try and free up some space.</p> + + <p>One is to delete unwanted files manually. You can use the <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> application to tell you which files and folders are taking up the most space. After deleting some files, you should then empty the <gui>Trash</gui> to make sure they are fully removed from the computer.</p> + + <p>You can also remove temporary files in various applications. For example, web browsers and software managers often keep sizeable temporary files around. (How you remove them depends on the application.)</p> + + <p>You can also try uninstalling some unwanted applications. Use your usual software manager to do this.</p> + + <p>Another way of freeing disk space is to "archive" old files by moving them to an external hard disk or online "cloud" storage, for example.</p> + + </section> + +</page> |