From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 4 14:00:26 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0BE2130D283 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 14:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E76C779B2E for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 14:00:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=rcn.com; s=20180516; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@rcn.com; t=1543930819; h=From:Subject:Date:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=hXjWeIAkTveHeFuT4zK1A0ZYeJc=; b=H3uhqEbBKodcLhRCyKt+77z0WkWCaU+0oz6yLMdB2hw/NYNJEwhRYeFI8mUJ4vDq VuN3UeMzW6pXaqi12bkc6DVLAbGdQYqTxcCNEfGnNyjq8qEtTdztcK38ueju8ZkJ 8hzas8g9HkWCuphe3wZJDcLrA9PGGWnhxgCLEtaZBvh9LGyl4YCc954W45JliP/V YzzNe5CaEroA2RDkBMAdOXpm/svBQ71OxWYBKYIEJhPQY2me05jxsYnhxD3sa9V8 vP3R952yQF5Uh8AdoO0GnDpgcb8GE/QcdzPgd/UuaWtFlME4Y8m/VqG4NdxdAO2u l1+Y3Gw/rmX/TqdAeVXZbQ==; X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=FLJZ/Kgs c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=2ur7OfE09M0A:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=X3GaoB0IPKpn9Zzat1oA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.mail=roberthuff@rcn.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com header.from=roberthuff@rcn.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.user=roberthuff; auth=pass (PLAIN) Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:43980] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id DF/1C-01757-3C3860C5; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 08:40:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <23558.33730.773326.914041@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 08:40:18 -0500 From: Robert Huff To: Paul Schmehl CC: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Files in / In-Reply-To: References: <66B63BE11669F00AA754FE87@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 26.1 (amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E76C779B2E X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.83 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rcn.com]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:69.168.97.0/24]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rcn.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rcn.com,none]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mx.rcn.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.83)[-0.828,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[78.97.168.69.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-0.90)[ipnet: 69.168.97.0/24(-3.61), asn: 36271(-0.78), country: US(-0.09)]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36271, ipnet:69.168.97.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:00:26 -0000 Norman Gray writes: And - if you're trying to track down what's gobbling disk space - try this, aimed at the suspect directory: du -k | sort -n -r | head -n 25 I run a variant of this overnight and mail myself the output; understand what should be there and it will be glaringly obvious when something's wrong. Respectfully, Robert Huff