Re: 97% use of / system
2008/5/22 andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>:
> Hello
>
> My / partition is some 12GB and I see that it is currently 97% full. How can
> I clean this out without trashing important files? What should I be looking
> for in terms of likely culprits that can be deep-sixed safely?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
I would look in /var. It's called var because it contains files of
variable size, and hence likely that they will grow. Especially log
files when there are errors. For that reason, it is advised that /var
be on a separate partition from /.
Dotan Cohen
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