On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:19:44AM -1000, Robot Robot wrote: > $ du -hsc /backup/websites/* > 2.1G /backup/websites/1 > 2.1G /backup/websites/2 > 4.2G total You're asking du to report each directory separately, which is deceiving you. Run "du -hsc /backup/websites" instead. ..wayne..