Re: [CentOS] how to clear out /var/cache?

2021-12-31 Thread Fred
well, I removed all the files in the tree under /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7 but left all the directories empty. that got rid of a couple gigs of stuff. among the remains, the only other big one remaining is: 2.3G abrt-di which I won't mess with for now. I've got 4.2G free, now, so that should run m

Re: [CentOS] how to clear out /var/cache?

2021-12-31 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 at 18:21, Fred wrote: > Is it safe to just remove files from /var/cache on a running system, or is > there a correct procedure for doing that? > > Mine has hit over 3 gigs, making it one of the larger directories in /, > which is running low on space. I've hit all the low-hang

Re: [CentOS] how to clear out /var/cache?

2021-12-31 Thread James B Huber
On Thu, 2021-12-30 at 16:09 -0800, Skylar Thompson wrote: > The FHS specification says that applications using /var/cache should > expect > those data to disappear anytime, so under a strict interpretation it > should > be safe to remove everything. Practically, though, I don't know that > I'd > tr