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Date:      Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:56:27 +0100
From:      <Danny.Carroll@mail.ing.nl>
To:        <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, <admin@iaminsane.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Cleaning up /]
Message-ID:  <C6304883FB11E347AD4958D3F14EC00AE894CA@ing.com>

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What about /tmp ?
You could symlink it to some other fs...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Emmerton [mailto:matt@gsicomp.on.ca]
> Sent: 06 November 2002 00:40
> To: I am Insane; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Cleaning up /]
>=20
>=20
> > I need some help. I'm not a complete newbie but I'm new=20
> enough to not
> > know which files are actually needed in my / filesystem.
> >
> > my current df -k shows
> >
> > Filesystem  1K-blocks   Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> > /dev/ad0s1a    100750  82898     9792    89%    /
> > /dev/ad0s1g  10080382 766404  8507548     8%    /usr
> > /dev/ad0s1h  15421366  26432 14161226     0%    /usr/home
> > /dev/ad0s1e    201518   3332   182066     2%    /var
> > /dev/ad0s1f   2015918    144  1854502     0%    /var/mail
> > procfs              4      4        0   100%    /proc
> >
> > and I am aware that if / gets to 100% the system has a good=20
> chance of
> > crashing.
> >
> > how can I tell what files can be removed in order to free=20
> up some space?
>=20
> In a properly-configured system, the files in / shouldn't=20
> change (nor should
> new files be added), so / should should stay at 89% used indefinitely.
>=20
> By default, user home directories are in /usr/home (which has=20
> lots of free
> space), and system logs and mail are in /var (which also has=20
> lots of space.)
>=20
> > and/or how can i tell which files are the largest and need to be
> addressed?
>=20
> I wouldn't delete any files from / unless you're 110% sure=20
> that they're not
> needed.
>=20
> --
> Matt Emmerton
>=20
>=20
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