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Signed-off-by: Dheshan Mohandass <dmohandass@mgh.harvard.edu>
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- Uses `sqlx` to write the data to a postgres database.
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- Estimates the disk usage of a folder, using a recursive query in the database.
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## Use Cases
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- Calculate the disk usage of an especially large directory.
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- If looking for something more lightweight, consider using the `du` command or [parallel-disk-usage](https://github.com/KSXGitHub/parallel-disk-usage) instead.
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- See the owner of the files and directories.
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- Most other programs do only look at the size of the files and directories.
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## Prerequisites
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- An configured and accessible postgres database.
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