strange leaps in df % reported
Hi, I'm seeing odd leaps in the Use% reported by df. The value leapt from 56% to 59% last night, and from 59% to 62% just a few moments ago. 3% of 15gb (which is half my total space) seems like a lot o' space to spontaneously be taken up ... I seem to recall reading at some point on the list of warez doodz being able to use one's space for storage. I wonder where I would look to see whether that's happening ... I haven't downloaded any monsters lately. I am also wondering in general about system 'cleaning' - I took a quick look at the 'cruft' package but it seemed to have a tough time picking out real cruft. NB: I know I need to get better apprised of security issues, but that's one of many things I'm trying to get better at :). Any advice would be appreciated. I'll RTFM if someone will tell me where it is (a FM on this specific subject would be great). Thanks, Glenn ++ http://www.burningclown.com Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All ++
Re: strange leaps in df % reported
On 26 Aug 2001 15:05:24 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm seeing odd leaps in the Use% reported by df. The value leapt from 56% to 59% last night, and from 59% to 62% just a few moments ago. 3% of 15gb (which is half my total space) seems like a lot o' space to spontaneously be taken up ... I seem to recall reading at some point on the list of warez doodz being able to use one's space for storage. I wonder where I would look to see whether that's happening ... I haven't downloaded any monsters lately. I am also wondering in general about system 'cleaning' - I took a quick look at the 'cruft' package but it seemed to have a tough time picking out real cruft. NB: I know I need to get better apprised of security issues, but that's one of many things I'm trying to get better at :). Any advice would be appreciated. I'll RTFM if someone will tell me where it is (a FM on this specific subject would be great). I'd look around with du (du |less etc) from the root directory to see where these large jumps in disk usage are occuring. Wander in and take a look at anything that looks suspicious. Also, if you don't run apt-get clean it just keeps the debs for you. If you jumped to testing or unstable lately that could be the source of the files. --mike
Re: strange leaps in df % reported RESOLVED
I'd look around with du (du |less etc) from the root directory to see where these large jumps in disk usage are occuring. Wander in and take a look at anything that looks suspicious. Also, if you don't run apt-get clean it just keeps the debs for you. If you jumped to testing or unstable lately that could be the source of the files. --mike Thanks for these. apt-get clean solved better 3% of the 'problem.' Another few % I sorta tripped on while looking for something else: turns out there was a giant file .xsession-errors that had been generated. Emacs wouldn't even open it - it was too big! I blew it away and I'm back down to 53%. Whew. ++ http://www.burningclown.com Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All ++
