Also, it is found that *tracker 3 contains all the 12 GB space, *should I remove this folder or the files inside it?
On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 23:40, shamik chakrabarti <shamik15041...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Prof. Gavin, > > After invoking all the commands you have listed I have come to know > that *.cache *folder contains 12 GB of space. .cache folder contains the > followings; > > event-sound-cache.tdb.bb916188e665483abe367841b820014a.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > gstreamer-1.0 pip ubuntu-report > evolution > ibus thumbnails update-manager-core > fontconfig > ibus-table thunderbird yelp > gnome-desktop-thumbnailer > mesa_shader_cache tracker3 > > Is anything removable from this folder to recover the space? > > with regards, > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 00:58, Gavin Abo <gabo13...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The operating system /var log files I typically would not remove. Before >> attempting to remove any of them, I would ask the operating system experts >> if it would be safe to do so. For Ubuntu for example, I think those >> experts would be over in the Ubuntu forums at [1]. >> >> The 15 GB is quite large such that I wouldn't expect the operating system >> with default logging to instantly cause that but get larger more gradually >> over time. >> >> The du command [2] you might find helpful. Below is an example. >> >> First, I looked at the directories in the root folder for seeing which >> ones were using the most drive space: >> >> username@computername:~$ sudo du --exclude=/proc --exclude=/run -csh /* >> 0 /bin >> 197M /boot >> 4.0K /cdrom >> 0 /dev >> 14M /etc >> 2.6G /home >> 0 /lib >> 0 /lib32 >> 0 /lib64 >> 0 /libx32 >> 16K /lost+found >> 44K /media >> 4.0K /mnt >> 4.0K /opt >> 56K /root >> 0 /sbin >> 3.7G /snap >> 4.0K /srv >> 2.1G /swapfile >> 0 /sys >> 164K /tmp >> 6.6G /usr >> 3.2G /var >> 19G total >> >> In my case, I'm storing my WIEN2k calculations under >> /home/username/wiendata and have my SCRATCH set to the case folders (with >> ./) that I put in that directory: >> username@computername:~$ grep wiendata ~/.bashrc >> alias cdw="cd /home/username/wiendata" >> export W2WEB_CASE_BASEDIR=/home/username/wiendata >> username@computername:~$ grep SCRATCH ~/.bashrc >> export SCRATCH=./ >> >> I can check the space of just the /home directory with: >> >> username@computername:~$ du -csh /home >> 2.6G /home >> 2.6G total >> >> I see 2.6 GB of space is being used. >> >> I check what I have under my home directory: >> >> username@computername:~$ ls /home >> username >> >> There I see I only have one user account, which is named username. >> >> I check how much space is being used by username: >> >> username@computername:~$ du -csh /home/username >> 2.6G /home/username >> 2.6G total >> >> Next, I check under /home/username to see what the 2.6 GB consists of: >> >> username@computername:~$ cd /home/username/ >> username@computername:~$ du -csh * .[^.]* >> 4.0K Desktop >> 4.0K Documents >> 4.0K Downloads >> 4.0K Music >> 4.0K Pictures >> 4.0K Public >> 124M snap >> 4.0K Templates >> 4.0K Videos >> 1.5G WIEN2k >> 180M wiendata >> 4.0K .bash_history >> 4.0K .bash_logout >> 4.0K .bashrc >> 130M .cache >> 176K .config >> 12K .gnupg >> 697M .local >> 4.0K .profile >> 4.0K .ssh >> 0 .sudo_as_admin_successful >> 4.0K .wget-hsts >> 2.6G total >> >> I see my WIEN2k installation is using 1.5 GB of the 2.6 GB used. My >> wiendata is currently only using 180 MB. >> >> Looking in my wiendata folder, I currently only have one case calculation >> named Al: >> >> username@computername:~$ ls /home/username/wiendata/ >> Al >> >> I find it is taking the entire 180 MB: >> >> username@computername:~$ du -csh /home/username/wiendata/* >> 180M /home/username/wiendata/Al >> 180M total >> >> To display how much is used under the /home directory in MB, I use: >> >> username@computername:~$ du -csh --block-size=M /home >> 2624M /home >> 2624M total >> >> I want to move the Al directory from the computer to my USB connected >> external storage drive similar to what you described. First though, since >> my storage drive has a Windows NTFS partition, I have to rename the :log >> file to avoid a transfer error and I chose to name it log.txt: >> >> username@computername:~$ mv /home/username/wiendata/Al/:log >> /home/username/wiendata/Al/log.txt >> >> Creating an archive (.tar) or compressed file (.zip) of the Al directory >> would have been an alternate solution that would not have required renaming >> of the :log file. >> >> I transferred the entire directory to my USB connected flash drive >> (mounted at /media/username/1A50-FE2F/Al) using a mv command in the bash >> terminal: >> >> username@computername:~$ mv /home/username/wiendata/Al >> /media/username/1A50-FE2F/Al >> >> I rechecked wiendata directory after that and see the Al file is gone >> (i.e., was transferred successfully): >> >> username@computername:~$ ls /home/username/wiendata/ >> >> I check the space of /home again: >> >> username@computername:~$ du -csh --block-size=M /home >> 2445M /home >> 2445M total >> >> I see that the used /home space dropped 179 MB (= 2624M - 2445M). The 1 >> MB could be due to rounding error or other active processes going on the >> system taking it, but I was essentially able to get an entire 180 MB of >> free space back for this case as expected. >> [1] https://ubuntuforums.org/ >> [2] >> https://www.tecmint.com/check-linux-disk-usage-of-files-and-directories/ >> >> On 4/27/2024 11:23 AM, shamik chakrabarti wrote: >> >> Sir, also it is showing 139 Mb however my device space get decreased by >> almost 15 GB >> >> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 at 22:51, shamik chakrabarti < >> shamik15041...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> total 139M >>> 4.0K drwxr-x--- 28 shamik shamik 4.0K Apr 26 23:48 . >>> ... >>> 4.0K drwxrwxr-x 2 shamik shamik 4.0K Jun 26 2023 WIEN2k >>> >>> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 at 22:48, Peter Blaha <peter.bl...@tuwien.ac.at> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> ls -alsh >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 27.04.2024 um 17:57 schrieb shamik chakrabarti: >>>> >>>> Dear Prof. Gavin, >>>> >>>> Yes, wien2k is installed under the /home directory. I >>>> have also checked /var. there are log files as mentioned in your reference >>>> [1]. In this regard, which files should I remove to recover the lost >>>> spaces? >>>> >>>> with regards, >>>> >>>> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 at 17:42, Gavin Abo <gabo13...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If your WIEN2k cases are located somewhere under the /home directory, >>>>> is this the directory you are seeing the space increase in? >>>>> >>>>> If your looking at the space of the entire storage drive before and >>>>> after the calculation, another possibility is the increase could be due to >>>>> normal usage logging by the operating system. So, if its the /var you are >>>>> seeing increase after the calculation, it could potentially be due to that >>>>> as log files could be stored there as seen for example at [1]. >>>>> [1] >>>>> https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/viewing-and-monitoring-log-files#2-log-files-locations >>>>> >>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>> Gavin >>>>> WIEN2k user >>>>> >>>>> On 4/26/2024 10:52 PM, shamik chakrabarti wrote: >>>>> >>>>> In that case, after deleting the case directory, the space in hd of >>>>> Linux should be recovered. But the space is decreasing every time, I ran >>>>> some calculations and after copying delete the whole directory. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024, 01:48 Tomas Kana, <k...@seznam.cz> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The dot and slash ./ means your current directory >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear Sir, >>>>>> >>>>>> After echo $SCRATCH the output is: ./ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Any comments >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 22:14, Peter Blaha <peter.bl...@tuwien.ac.at> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> During userconfig you have specified a SCRATCH directory. Only >>>>>> you can know what you did there. >>>>>> >>>>>> PS: echo $SCRATCH will tell you, what you specified. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Am 26.04.2024 um 13:30 schrieb shamik >>>>>> chakrabarti: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear Wien2k users, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> After running calculations I am saving >>>>>> the data in external hdd while deleting the same from linux. >>>>>> However, at each time, after deleting data, I have found >>>>>> that >>>>>> some amount of spaces are not recovered. Wien2k is saving >>>>>> some >>>>>> files in Linux which I am not able to delete. >>>>>> >>>>>> My query is where are those extra files are stored? Whether >>>>>> there is some directory called as _scratch but then I am not >>>>>> able to find it either? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Any response is eagerly awaited. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> with regards, >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> Wien mailing list >> Wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at >> http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien >> SEARCH the MAILING-LIST at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/index.html >> > > > -- > Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti > Research Fellow > Department of Physics > Indian Institute of Technology Patna > Bihta-801103 > Patna > Bihar, India > -- Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti Research Fellow Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Patna Bihta-801103 Patna Bihar, India
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