On 8/8/07, Reg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > There are two possiblilities: > > 1) All the files are either hidden 'dot' files or in dot directories. > > what happens if you use the command:- > > find . -print0 | du --si --files - | less > > ( use a 'q' to get back to the command line ) > > > > Which I mentioned previously. Did you try it? > > > > > > It spewed out this: > > > 4.1k ./.kde/share/servicetypes > 8.2k ./.kde/share/mimelnk/application > 13k ./.kde/share/mimelnk > 4.1k ./.kde/share/applnk > 8.2k ./.kde/share/config/session > 8.2k ./.kde/share/config/kresources/contact > 13k ./.kde/share/config/kresources > 443k ./.kde/share/config > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/kmail > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/kfm/bookmarks > 8.2k ./.kde/share/apps/kfm > 17k ./.kde/share/apps/ktorrent > 8.2k ./.kde/share/apps/klipper > 74k ./.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries > 78k ./.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement > 82k ./.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng > 8.2k ./.kde/share/apps/khtml > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/konsole > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/kfile > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/kabc/lock > 8.2k ./.kde/share/apps/kabc > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/remoteview > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/kopete > 8.2k ./.kde/share/apps/kdesktop > 46k ./.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments > 8.2k ./.kde/share/apps/kwallet > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/kicker/extensions > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/kicker/applets > 21k ./.kde/share/apps/kicker > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/konqueror/dirtree > 17k ./.kde/share/apps/konqueror > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/drkonqi > 46k ./.kde/share/apps/kconf_update/log > 50k ./.kde/share/apps/kconf_update > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/default_desktop > 21k ./.kde/share/apps/amarok/covershadow-cache > 8.2k ./.kde/share/apps/amarok/undo > 50k ./.kde/share/apps/amarok/albumcovers/tagcover > 336k ./.kde/share/apps/amarok/albumcovers/cache > 4.1k ./.kde/share/apps/amarok/albumcovers/large > 394k ./.kde/share/apps/amarok/albumcovers > > whatever that all means ?? They are the files which hold your KDE application settings. file size on the left, name on the right.
Is that all? Any more if you press the space bar to get more? I suppose it's remotely possible that there is something else in the home directories. As root or using sudo , you might care to try this. du -s /home/* or sudo du -s /home* OTOH imho I suspect that you have a huge konqueror cache. what does: du --si -s ./.kde/cache-*/* have to say for itself? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
