Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:24:37 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cleanup unused files and other junk ... Message-ID: <43391DE5.2030301@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <433875F9.1010108@ywave.com> References: <433850FD.3070403@gish.demon.nl> <20050926225232.69a4b5b3@localhost> <433875F9.1010108@ywave.com>
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Micah wrote: > > > jonas wrote: > >> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:50:21 +0200 >> Kiffin Gish <kiffin@gish.demon.nl> wrote: >> >> >>> Is there a good and dependable procedure for cleaning up the file >>> systems from unused junk that just clutters valuable disc space? >>> >>> I am already aware of the 'periodic daily' scripts >>> 'clear_tmp_enable=YES' option for the rc.conf file, but where else >>> can one safely remove files. >> >> >> >> -if you ever did a buildworld then you have the compiled base system >> in /usr/obj, which you can delete. >> -you can scan your filesystem for *.core files (a process creates these >> when it crashes) and delete them. >> -make sure you always do a 'make clean' after installing software from >> the ports. i think portupgrade can scan and cleanup all ports workdirs. >> >> but i think in most cases much more spaces is wasted with stuff in your >> homedir you forgot about ;) >> well at least this is the case for me ... having a deeper look into my >> $HOME/tmp and $HOME/stuff can quickly free some hundred MBs :) >> >> cya, >> jonas > > > For finding those long forgotten things that take up MBs, I've found > kdirstat (for KDE) to be quite useful. Helped me free up a few > gigabytes - all located in my home dir of course. :) > > Later, > Micah x11-fm/xdiskusage
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