Re: Query about .xsession-errors file
On 09/09/2014, Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I am concerned that, should I simply delete the file, the system will
>> crash or otherwise damage to the boot session, would occur.
>
> I very much doubt that any such damage would occur by deleting it, but
> the following incantation is one answer:
>
> tal% ls -alh .xsession-errors
> -rw------- 1 chrisb chrisb 33K Sep 9 17:40 .xsession-errors
>
> tal% :> .xsession-errors
> tal% ls -alh .xsession-errors
> -rw------- 1 chrisb chrisb 0 Sep 9 21:25 .xsession-errors
>
Well, that kind of works.
Before seeing the above message, after someone previously saying that
deleting the file would not cause any (extra) problems, but would not
free up disc space, I deleted the file, then ran "Empty Trash Can",
but, no disc space was freed, then, subsequently, I observed that a
new file had been created;
.xsession-errors.old
with a size of about 33kB, and so I overwrote that, as described
above, and that reduced its size to zero, but, I now do not have the
original file with which to do that, and, I have about 750MB of
missing disc space.
I have had to move files off the HDD, to make it usable (it does not
work with no free space, which is what the file did to it).
Does a way exist, for me to reclaim the vanished disc space, without
having to reboot the computer?
Maybe this is why, as I posted some time ago, resources repeatedly got
progressively consumed, until no free resources were available, so the
system required rebooting every couple of weeks or so (a bit like
Win95, I think it was, but, I believe that Win95 generally lasted for
about four weeks, before needing rebooting), or, it simply crashed.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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