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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
