Sridhar G wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left
> now.
>
> Why did the the partition fill up so slowly
> What files can I safely remove to free up space.
> Will this create any problems in future.
> Can I resize the partition using Partition magic.
>
> Thanks & Cheers
> Sridhar
This just happened to me and the people on this list were kind enough
to tell me how to get out of the trap I had boxed myself into. The
two problem subdirectories are /var and /tmp. In my case I had made
/tmp into it's own partition and mounted it separately so it wasn't
my problem. My problem was just /var, it can get surprizingly large
over time. The suggestion which got me my space back was to move /var
recursively to a partition where I had lots of empty space and
replace it with a symbolic link in the / directory. That got me 30mb
back and left me with plenty of empty space in /.
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Traci Collins, MA
Professor of Computer Education
Colorado Mountain College
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