How to find large hidden file?

I had to reboot my Mac and when it came back, it said my startup disk is full (which it wasn't before - should have had like 5 Gigs left) and the OS isn't running properly (no Dock etc.). I booted off another drive and am trying to figure out what file got created to chew up the remaining space. It's got to be a core dump or syslog or something crazy like that. How do I find it, and empty that drive's trash, just in case, while booted off another drive?
thanks
Mike

This program will show all your files, hidden or not. Note this older version of the program will show everything, newer versions have some limitations: http://www.free-mac-software.com/whatsize/ .
Scratch that ... I just tried it on SL and it doesn't display
Disk Inventory X is another program, which does work in SL: http://www.derlien.com/downloads/index.html

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