/var is getting full

[Alexandra Zaharia]

2009/10/10 Graham Watkins <shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com>:
> Didar Hossain wrote:
>> Time to check for the largest disk eating directories -
>>
>> sudo du -sh /var/*
>>
>> That should tell you where to start looking for.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Didar
>>
>>
> Good call.  This gives me the following output.
>
> 3.3G    /var/backup
> 4.3M    /var/backups
> 36M    /var/cache
> 4.0K    /var/crash
> 44K    /var/games
> 251M    /var/lib
> 4.0K    /var/local
> 0    /var/lock
> 11M    /var/log
> 16K    /var/lost+found
> 4.0K    /var/mail
> 4.0K    /var/opt
> 116K    /var/run
> 288K    /var/spool
> 2.5M    /var/tmp
>
> /var/backup seems to be taking up most of the space.  It contains:
>
> 2009-09-26_10.27.20.524996.graham-desktop.ful
>
> This, I think, is an sbackup file.  I have no idea what it is doing
> there as it isn't where backup files are supposed to be saved.  As I am
> now making other arrangements for backups,  I think I can safely delete
> it.  Unless anybody out there can think of a good reason why I
> shouldn't, I shall move it elsewhere and see what happens.  If nothing
> happens, I shall delete it.

I can find no reference for 'timestamp.user-desktop.full' files in /var/backups.

However, between moving that file elsewhere to see what happens and
deleting it, I suggest a reboot. You know, "just in case".