On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Lisi
<lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
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
Thanks, Stan. /var/cache is large - but /usr is taking forever, so I shall
have to go away and come back later. I'll tell you what I find (those
archives!) - and shall be very cautious about what I delete!
Lisi