[newbie] better way to delete unneeded but accumulating backup files, subdirectories?

[Brian Fahrlander]

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David Armour wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> I have some sort of backup sequence that accumulates partial and full 
> backup files in /var/backup; I initiated the sequence before appreciated 
> what I was setting up, and far enough back that I have zero recollection 
> of what I might have used. A couple of months back, after I noticed my 
> remaining hard drive space disappearing at a rapid rate, (quelle 
> suprise!) someone here kindly suggested deleting them, and I've been 
> deleting them more or less bi-weekly ever since using the following 
> sequence...

    Check your crontabs, and entries in /etc/cron.*. There's likely a
script, installed with the backup, that eats your space.

    Crontabs come in two varieties: user-related and system-related.
User crontabs are most easily checked like:

    crontab -e root

    The system-related ones live in /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron.hourly,
and so on.

    Look first: somethings NEED to be there.  Don't just go dumping
anything you see, that'll cause problems.

    (All this is not specific to any release, I don't believe.)

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