Re: 100% used / file system. Help!

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 21 September 2011 16:16:31 Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 9/21/2011 9:14 AM, Lisi wrote:
> > And I have taken in that /var/log is a likely culprit.
>
> Not necessarily.  On a server /var/log is a likely culprit, but on a GUI
> workstation I'd think /var/cache or /usr would be more likely, assuming
> the problem is a hosed/misconfigured program.  If the problem is the
> result of an errant drag/drop the files causing the undue swelling could
> be in any directory you had/have write access to.
>
> # du -s -h /var
> # du -s -h /var/log
> # du -s -h /var/cache
> # du -s -h /var/tmp
> # du -s -h /lost+found
> # du -s -h /root
> # du -s -h /tmp
> # du -s -h /usr

/var/cache and /usr are 6 G between them, so are certainly not 
small.  /var/log is not very big at all.  But that still doesn't explain the 
jump.  Perhaps I have started doing something differently without realising 
it.

Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /var
2.9G    /var
Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /var/log
320M    /var/log
Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /var/cache
2.3G    /var/cache
Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /var/tmp
43M     /var/tmp
Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /lost+found
16K     /lost+found
Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /root
3.4M    /root
Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /tmp
120K    /tmp
Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /usr
3.7G    /usr
Tux:/home/lisi#

I'll do some chatting to Google, and then at least reduce the size of anything 
that serves no useful, or anyhow necessary, purpose.

Lisi