Posted by d on 01/09/06 19:32

"'Dungeon' Dave" <Newsgroup@tombstones.org.uk> wrote in message
news:9bU1QLARIwvDFwIg@kryten.tombstones.org.uk...
> Some people here are familiar with tools like "phpsysinfo". I'm after one
> that provides a graphical usage of disk slices with the ability to drill
> down through directories, examining which are large and why - kinda "df"
> and "du -s" parsed through PHP so controlled thorough a browser.
>
> Yah, I expect I could write one (I've done something similar already) - it
> shouldn't *that* difficult. However, in the past I've proudly shown off my
> blood, sweat and tears only for someone to say "why not use $TOOLNAME?" -
> and found I've reinvented the wheel. Badly.
>
> So.. any tools spring to mind?
> --
> "You float like a feather
> In a beautiful world.
> I wish I was special..."

Writing your own code, if you have the ability, is a much better idea than
using a package off the shelf. Off-the-shelft packages are rarely tailored
exactly for how your site is organised, and they can always, without fail,
be improved on. Write your own. Getting someone else's code should be the
last resort ;) If you just use other people's code, you're not a coder but
an installer :)

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