SYNOPSIS

gt5 [ dir | file | dir file | file file2 ] [options]

DESCRIPTION

gt5 reads the output of du, compares it with a du-log saved by the last run, converts it into HTML and opens the resulting file with a textbrowser.

If files are given on the commandline they are expected to be (optionally gzip/bzip2-compressed) logfiles of du -akx /some/dir. It is up to you to take care that the given directories/files represent the same directory. gt5 will show lots of new files if you don't. ;-)

OPTIONS

--cut-at float

Files and directories that are below float percent of their parents are not shown. Default is 0.1, gt5 will accept values between 0.01 and 30.

--debug

Turn on debug. Generate HTML files and do not run browser.

--diff-dir directory

Use directory instead of ~/.gt5-diffs/ to read/store du-logs. This switch is ignored if gt5 is only used with files.

--discard

Do not save the current state, in other words: be able to diff against the old state again. This feature is disabled if gt5 is only used with files.

--help

Display brief help.

--link-files

Also insert links to files to access them from within gt5. This can be very handy if your browser is configured to handle the files MIME-type correctly. This feature is disabled if gt5 is only used with files.

--max-depth int

Do not show anything below a depth of int directories. Default is 5 (also see BUGS below).

--max-lines int

Only consider the int biggest files and directories within the output of du.

--no-diffs

Use this if you are not interested in the history of the directories processed, for example in /tmp.

--save-as file

DEPRECATED, use du -akx or du -ak (see --with-mounts), save the output to a file and run gt5 against one (ore two) of these files later.

--save-state

Force saving current state, overwriting a previous --discard. (Some people seem to have gt5 aliased to 'gt5 --discard'.)

--verbose

Display messages.

--with-mounts

By default gt5 calls du with -akx to ignore mounted filesystems. Use this to inspect mounted partitions too, i.e. call du with -ak

HELPERS

If gawk or a textbrowser are missing and you want to install them into ~/bin (or /usr/local/bin if you have write access there), gt5 comes with the following helpers:

--get-gawk

Download, compile and install a copy of gawk.

--get-links

Download, compile and install a copy of links.

--get-links2

Download, compile and install a copy of links2.

--get-elinks

Download, compile and install a copy of elinks.

TEXTBROWSERS

It is recommended to use links with gt5. Other textbrowsers are also possible but there are several good reasons why links is given priority over the others:

elinks:

links is much faster on startup/exit

lynx:

does not honor a documents coloring

netrik:

no colors, unfavourable cursor navigation

retawq:

no colors, can't handle <a name>-tags

w3m:

Version 0.5.2 and later are known to work. Older versions experienced unfavourable handling of <a name>-tag, unfavourable cursor navigation and no colors

Only links/links2, elinks and lynx are now considered usable (and also chosen in that order). See ENVIRONMENT/GT5_BROWSER below.

FILES

~/.gt5.html

contains a copy of the last run

~/.gt5-diffs/

compressed du-logs are stored here

AUTHOR

Thomas Sattler <gt5 at gmx dot net>