https://github.com/robhaswell/grandperspective-scan

A utility to create GrandPerspective scan files on other operating systems
https://github.com/robhaswell/grandperspective-scan

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A utility to create GrandPerspective scan files on other operating systems

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/robhaswell/grandperspective-scan
• Owner: robhaswell
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2016-09-20T15:21:04.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-06T15:36:26.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-20T14:28:41.378Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 16.4 MB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# gpscan

A utility to create GrandPerspective scan files on other operating systems.

## What does it do?

[GrandPerspective](http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/) is a small utility application for OSX that graphically shows the disk usage of a file system.

![Screenshot of GrandPerspective](resources/screenshot.png?raw=true "GrandPerspective")

`gpscan` is a cross-platform utility which can be run on almost any operating which will create scan data files which can be loaded by GrandPerspective to visualize disk usage on non-OSX operating systems.

![Screenshot of GrandPerspective's File menu demonstrating the Load Scan Data option](resources/load.png?raw=true "Load Save Data")

The Go source code can be cross-compiled for a large selection of platforms.

## Why was it created?

I wanted to use GrandPerspective (or any Sequoia View-clone) to visualize disk usage on a Linux server that I administrate.

Unfortunately I only have access to Windows and OSX GUI environments.

## How do I use it?

`gpscan` takes two arguments: The directory to scan, and a filename to save the result to.

It is recommended that you use a `.gpscan` file extension so that the file is automatically opened with GrandPerspective.

You can pass `-` as an output file in order to output to standard output.

```bash

$ gpscan path/to/dir scan.gpscan

```

## How do I install it?

Download a relevant release, unzip and copy to a location in your `$PATH`, e.g. `/usr/local/bin/gpscan`.

# Project status

This project is developed only to the point where I could complete my original task, however I will gladly review pull-requests and take bug reports in the Issues section.