Before you get really fired up about all these paths, I'll give you a command that I use to see if / where the space is being used:
du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11 Run this from any "root" that you feel is using space, and it will show you the top 10 "offenders" in that root. So in your case, you might try: cd /var/cache ; du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11 An easy way to keep this handy is to add to your .profile or .bashrc the command: Alias ducks=' du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11' This would change the above to cd /var/cache ; ducks Hope this will help. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 4/23/10 12:47 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" <peabre...@pepco.com> wrote: > Thanks, I made the changes. I also notice the following in > /var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE: > > linuxd02:/var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE # ls -l > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:16 SLE10-SP1-Debuginfo-Updates > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:23 SLE10-SP2-Debuginfo-Updates > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:28 SLE10-SP3-Debuginfo-Online > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:28 SLE10-SP3-Debuginfo-Pool > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:27 SLE10-SP3-Debuginfo-Updates > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:08 SLES10-SP1-Online > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:11 SLES10-SP1-Updates > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:17 SLES10-SP2-Online > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:25 SLES10-SP2-Pool > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:18 SLES10-SP2-Updates > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Mar 4 06:59 SLES10-SP3-Online > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:27 SLES10-SP3-Pool > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:25 SLES10-SP3-Updates > > Again, all these look like patches, I can I stop these and since we are > SP3 everywhere, can I safely delete all the non-SP3 directories? > > Peter > > > > Mark Post <mp...@novell.com> > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu> > 04/23/2010 12:18 PM > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu> > > > To > LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu > cc > > Subject > Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves > > > > > > >>>> On 4/23/2010 at 12:06 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" > <peabre...@pepco.com> wrote: >> cache-max-size-hard-limit | False | If true, never allow > the >> cache to grow past the maximum size >> cache-max-size-in-mb | 300 | The maximum size of > the >> cache (in mb) >> max-cache-age | 30 | The maximum number of >> days to cache a file >> >> Is there any hope here? > > By changing these values you can limit how much space is taken up on your > systems. I'm not sure just how much you're going to be saving though. On > the system I checked, /var/lib/zypp/ is only taking up about 12MB. Another > one is using 40MB. > > In any case, you can use "rug set-prefs" to change them, one preference at > a time: > rug set-prefs cache-max-size-hard-limit true > rug set-prefs cache-max-size-in-mb 200 > > and so on. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > This Email message and any attachment may contain information that is > proprietary, legally privileged, confidential and/or subject to copyright > belonging to Pepco Holdings, Inc. or its affiliates ("PHI"). This Email is > intended solely for the use of the person(s) to which it is addressed. If > you are not an intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for > delivery of this Email to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this Email is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and permanently delete this Email and any copies. PHI > policies expressly prohibit employees from making defamatory or offensive > statements and infringing any copyright or any other legal right by Email > communication. PHI will not accept any liability in respect of such > communications. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
