On Sunday 17 August 2008 06:55:42 Dale wrote: > Even if this script said something belonged to nothing installed, I > would still check to make sure it was safe to delete. I also keep > backups of not only my whole system but also a separate backup of /etc, > just in case I edit something badly.
I feel that searching for orphaned directories is a better idea and gives a better success. The few orphaned files sitting in /etc/ and unused don't take up that much space. But /usr/share/doc/something is a bit of a warning flag. Find those dirs, judicious use of locate, and you get a much better hit rate -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
