On 09/09/2014, Chris Bannister <cbannis...@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 .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8OeQTge42z9ah2sDQ08mR=ki5rm4fvzzo2epiwwen8...@mail.gmail.com
