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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
