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Hijacking this comment... Does anyone know anything close to WinDirStat for google drive? I really need something like this.

rmholt 2y ago
Mount Google Drive as a folder (rclone) and run WinDirStat?
i15e 2y ago
You could install the Google Drive client and then run WinDirStat against the virtual drive letter that it creates: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124 https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124
- xd1936 2y ago
  I have done this before, and it works, but the client downloads every single file locally in the background before it's able to do the comparison. I suspect this is because WinDirStat requests metadata about the file itself, and the sync client needs to download the files in order to serve that metadata and/or file contents information to the application.
swozey 2y ago
About a decade ago when I worked in IT I used Treesize Pro to scan SMB volumes and delete the MOVIES that employees had downloaded on their computers, which meant they were downloading MOVIES to our SAN because we used roaming profiles. I'll never get over that these people downloaded literal pirated movies to our servers. It was constant. I ended up putting file size limits on their directories, or a file extension block, I forget. The free version can't scan network drives if the servers on a domain IIRC. https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free edit: Oh I thought I read SMB drive not google drive for some reason. I'm not sure if this does that or not. It's my favorite GUI so worth checking out.
nickcw 2y ago
You can use `rclone ncdu` on Google Drive https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_ncdu/ https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_ncdu/ It is great at answering the question - where is all my storage? Also has a handy interface for deleting stuff.
- nektro 2y ago
  this has been my go-to. great tool all around

rmholt 2y ago

Mount Google Drive as a folder (rclone) and run WinDirStat?

i15e 2y ago

You could install the Google Drive client and then run WinDirStat against the virtual drive letter that it creates: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124 https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124

xd1936 2y ago
I have done this before, and it works, but the client downloads every single file locally in the background before it's able to do the comparison. I suspect this is because WinDirStat requests metadata about the file itself, and the sync client needs to download the files in order to serve that metadata and/or file contents information to the application.

swozey 2y ago

About a decade ago when I worked in IT I used Treesize Pro to scan SMB volumes and delete the MOVIES that employees had downloaded on their computers, which meant they were downloading MOVIES to our SAN because we used roaming profiles. I'll never get over that these people downloaded literal pirated movies to our servers. It was constant. I ended up putting file size limits on their directories, or a file extension block, I forget. The free version can't scan network drives if the servers on a domain IIRC. https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free edit: Oh I thought I read SMB drive not google drive for some reason. I'm not sure if this does that or not. It's my favorite GUI so worth checking out.

nickcw 2y ago

You can use `rclone ncdu` on Google Drive https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_ncdu/ https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_ncdu/ It is great at answering the question - where is all my storage? Also has a handy interface for deleting stuff.

nektro 2y ago
this has been my go-to. great tool all around