GUI listing of file owners for a directory 1

[krajci]

Does anyone know a good GUI (or DOS if it will print cleanly) program/utility to show the file owners in a Novell directory/volume? The powers that be want to know who is utilizing certain areas of our VOL1 directory. I know through Netware Admin I can place restrictions on space usage and see how much room the users have taken up, but I am looking to get a listing of where and what these files are without doing it file by file, directory by directory. Any ideas?

 

[rjs]

The NetWare/DOS utility NDIR will show the owner. You could use the /sub option to show subdirectories, and use the pipe >filename.txt to create a text file of the results. Not elegant, but gets the job done. NDIR /? will show all the options. I usually run it to show all files that have not been updated since a certain date.

 

[krajci]

Thanks man. I just ran it. Not the prettiest thing in the world, but it works. Do you know if Netware 5 has a more robust utility for this type of reporting?

 

[FredWagner]

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[Lawhead]

Try the shareware program called &quot;Treesize&quot; (runs from a WIn95/NT client).&nbsp;&nbsp;Although NDIR will work, it skews the results, especially if the aministrator or other power user installed many files for others.&nbsp;&nbsp;Treesize graphically displays the size of each folder branch.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the folders on VOL1 are broken down by user, then Treesize will go a good job provinding the info you want.&nbsp;&nbsp;I've been using version 1.2 for a while - it's small and quick, even on a 125 user network.

 

[krajci]

Thanks!&nbsp;&nbsp;I'll check it out.

 

[krajci]

I installed Treesize v1.51 and it looks very useful.&nbsp;&nbsp;How do you get it to break it down by user?

 

[Lawhead]

Unfortunately Treesize does not look at the NDS owner.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, if each user has their own &quot;home&quot; folder, the displayed results will show you the size of each folder branch - which can be very useful.&nbsp;&nbsp;Consider this....&nbsp;&nbsp;When you run NDIR and look at the ownership of files in a particular folder, the results could be severly skewed if an administrator (or other user) places many files or installs a program in the other users folder.&nbsp;&nbsp;For example, if I installed a program or copy a bunch of files for another user and place them in their folder, NDIR will display that I own the files (even though I many never use them).&nbsp;&nbsp;With Treesize, the results don't care who is the actual owner, only what is contained in the folder.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you need more detailed results, you could use NDIR to investigate suspect folders.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hope this helps...<br><br>Lawhead.

 

[krajci]

Thanks!&nbsp;&nbsp;I have already used TreeSize to retrieve some of the wasted disk space on our network.

 

[michelc]

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