NAME

       gt5 - a diff-capable 'du-browser'

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

ENVIRONMENT

       GT5_BROWSER
              force using a (specific) textbrowser

       GT5_CHARSET
              force using a (specific) charset for HTML header instead of using $LANG

       GT5_DEBUG_DIR
              Directory where to write gt5.debug* data if --debug option is set.

BUGS

       Directories at depth max-depth are not browsable and so look like files.

AUTHOR

       Thomas Sattler <gt5 at gmx dot net>

SEE ALSO

       du(1), links(1), elinks(1), lynx(1)