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For the kernel source tree, you should do a 'make mrproper', not a 'make
clean'.
- Mike
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Raider wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, ^Mr^ wrote:
> > since i'm linux on a 400 mb hd , i would like to know what files that
> > appear everyday that aren't important and that i can delete ..example -
> > , the log files , which files can i delete , the tmp files , core files
> > , bash_history , etc .. ( my hd is now 90 % full )
>
> If you don't have some scripts to rotate the logs than get some.
> $HOME/.bash_history will refill so this is a bad idea. Better read the
> bash man page and there you will find how to set this file to be smaller.
> Anyway, you won't get too much space this way (by default it will have
> just 1000 lines which ain't too much). So far I can't see any tmp file on
> my computer. So you can delete them, but make sure before if that file
> can be deleted safe. core files are for debugging purposes only so you
> can even make a cron job to hunt for these files.
> Else, print and than delete some documentation - if you feel safe
> enough, although I won't do it in your place (I have only 250M for Linux).
> Check the files in /usr/doc. There are a lot of READMEs that can
> be deleted. Also there should be some TODO files which are irelevant to
> you. Than the GNU Licence is excellent, but it's rather large so chech if
> you have it in more than one copy.
> Try uninstalling the parts you don't use. People tend to install
> a lot of packages and use only part of them. Than try to settle for one
> application for one job. For example you might have emacs, vim, jed and
> joe installed. All of them are text editors. So decide what's your
> favorite and uninstall the rest. Same for documentation. There are the
> info pages and the man pages. The info pages contain more informations.
> So they are also bigger. And I've seen I can work only with the good old
> man pages. Chose between man and info. I mean the documentation part.
> The man and info utilities are usefull to have. But beware that emacs can
> read info pages!
> Check (RH does this by default) for formatted man pages. I mean
> the man pages get formatted, and this formatted version gets stored
> somewhere in the var directory - it will be a good idea to check them
> yourself so I won't tell you the exact location. If you delete these
> pages you will have to wait a bit more before accessing informations via
> man but you will save some space.
> If you have the Linux source tree unpacked and you compiled the
> kernel at least once, than go in /usr/src/linux and give make clean (as
> root). This can free a couple of megs as well.
> And remeber that it's sane to keep some 10-15M free just in case
> you do some compiling.
>
> Raider
> --
> ``Liberate tu-temet ex inferis''
>
>
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