Project name?

[msingle]

I think your project is very cool, but am concerned about the name.

Aside from dup being a built-in in many versions of Forth like languages, I would have that it was mnemonically associated with something that involves two of something.

Feel free to disregard (I'm just some rando from the internet), but I think this would hinder people from using/contributing to your project.

[sharkdp]

I think your project is very cool, but am concerned about the name.

Me too :smile:

I'm very open to a rename of the project. Please post name proposals here. I'd prefer a short name for the binary (not necessarily for the project name) because I don't want every user having to define an alias.

[lily-mara]

Another issue with dup is that it's already taken on crates.io, so cargo install dup will not be possible.

[archusr]

fw for file/folder weight/width.

[sharkdp]

dup is also taken by a similar du-related tool: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dup

A few ideas (all available on crates.io, homebrew, AUR)

• Extension of the current idea (parallel du):
  • pardu
• Playing with du
  • dusky
  • dusty
  • dumbo (there's a Python module on GitHub called dumbo)
• Misc
  • dubnium (Chemical element)
  • dubai (there are a few projects on GitHub using this name)

My favorite so far: diskus. It is an abbreviation for "disk usage". It's a known word (German, from Latin discus ~ round plate-like object for throwing). It's still quite short.

[polyzen]

I suppose dush pronounced D U S H or do͞osh for short is out? ;p

pardu and diskus sound great.

[sharkdp]

Done. Renamed to diskus.

It's already available via https://crates.io/crates/diskus