From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 16:59:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 008851065672 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 16:59:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from caleb.stein@me.com) Received: from asmtpout023.mac.com (asmtpout023.mac.com [17.148.16.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBE4B8FC1D for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 16:59:05 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from win7x64.mshome.net ([67.183.141.251]) by asmtp023.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0LA100G618IGXT90@asmtp023.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:59:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=5 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1004200000 definitions=main-1010090095 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-10-09_02:2010-10-08, 2010-10-09, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <19632.463.52069.211565@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:58:56 -0700 From: Caleb Stein Message-id: In-reply-to: <19632.463.52069.211565@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.70 (Win32) Subject: Re: Clean up / filesystem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:59:06 -0000 On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:46:55 -0700, Robert Huff wrote: > > Caleb Stein writes: > >> I'm constantly getting the message, ":/ write failed, filesystem >> is full", so I did df, and it said that my / filesystem was at >> 108%. What files can I delete to free some space? > > Start by checking the contents of /tmp. > Any *.core in /root you don't recognize is suspect. > After that? Try: > > du -x / | sort -n -r | head -n 40 > > Look in those directories. > > > Robert Huff > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" So is it safe to do "rm -rf /tmp/*"?