From: ewen fortune (ewen.fortunegmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 28 2009 - 02:35:31 CDT

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Hi,

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Randomcoder <randomcoder1gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Mysql on Linux.
> How can I see the space a certain database is taking on disk ?

If you are using MyISAM you can pretty much just use du -sh /path/to/$table

Alternatively you can query the information_schema

http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/03/17/researching-your-mysql-table-sizes/

Cheers,

Ewen

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