Re: cygwin:the /usr/share directory

[Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>]

On 1/30/2013 20:21, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 1/30/2013 10:14 PM, ping wrote:
> > [ping@ping-new-laptop usr]$ du -sh ./share/
> > 4.4G    ./share/
>
> Mine is less than .5G

Mine's 0.8 GiB.

> Doing a "du -sh ./share/*" should
> give you a good overview of which directories contain the most stuff and
> help you target which packages you may consider removing.

Here's a script I call "pigs" that I use for the purpose:

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#/bin/sh

if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
    dir=.
else
    if [ ! -d $1 ]
    then
        echo usage: $0 [directory] [options]
        echo
        echo "  Prints kb in use in directory; if directory isn't"
        echo "  given, '.' is assumed."
        echo
        echo "  If you give options, they are passed to du, in addition"
        echo "  to the -sk options the script provides."
        echo
        exit
    fi
    dir=$1
fi

echo -n Hang on, finding pigs in
if [ $dir = . ]
then
    echo " current directory..."
else
    echo " \"$dir\"..."
fi

du -sk $2 $dir/* | sort -rn | head -10

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This script helps me find the 10 biggest pigs on any system with a basic 
POSIX user environment.

For what it's worth, the top pig in Cygwin on the box I'm using right 
now is TeX.  Unfortunately, while you may not use it directly, it's an 
indirect dependency for a lot of software.  You might be able to remove 
it anyway if you aren't using the software features that require it.

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