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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201109211634.52131.lisi.re...@gmail.com
