Ben,

One of the first things you can try to reduce the space you have on your
computer is to first find out what's taking the most room:

  # du -k / 2>/dev/null | sort -rn | less

This will show you your files in reverse order by size in kilobytes. Feel
free to replace '/' with the directory of your choice.


-Cooper

> Okay, I need to backup and clear space, but ... in the meantime ... Does
> anyone have any suggestions for how to best-manage situations of <10%
> free space on disks?  Certain fsck practices and options, or other
> utilities?  Is there any chance that space reported as available by 'du'
> would actually be lost (I'm using ext2 and ext3; please note
> differences)?  As I understand it, fragmentation tends to get much worse
> when free space is so limited...
>
> ciao,
>
>    Ben B
>
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