/var is getting full

[Graham Watkins]

Matt Harrison wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Graham Watkins
> <shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>   
>> Amedee Van Gasse (on Ubuntu mailing lists) wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, October 10, 2009 10:15, Graham Watkins wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> The other day when installing some updates, I got a warning message
>>>> saying that /var was too full.
>>>>
>>>> I checked using df and found it was 94% used.  (The partition is
>>>> 4.2Gb.)  This certainly seems a lot.  My 9.04 installation is just over
>>>> a month old so I'm surprised it's got full so quickly.
>>>>
>>>> What's the best (safest) way of slimming it down?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Please give us the output of
>>>
>>> sudo du -hs /var
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> (sudo because there are some directories that are only accessible for root)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thet will tell us where the biggest space hog is.
>>> With that knowledge, we can give you better advice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Hi Amedee,
>>
>> sudo du -hs /var/*
>>
>> 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
>> 12M    /var/log
>> 16K    /var/lost+found
>> 4.0K    /var/mail
>> 4.0K    /var/opt
>> 112K    /var/run
>> 292K    /var/spool
>> 2.5M    /var/tmp
>>
>> As/ /I wrote before, /var/backups  is taking up most of the space and
>> contains a single file named
>>
>> 2009-09-26_10.27.20.524996.graham-desktop.ful
>>
>> I think, and please correct me if you know different, that this is a legacy file from the sbackup program which I had installed for about a week and then removed.  I have no idea why it would save a backup in /var though.  I'm thinking that I can probably delete it without causing any problems though I might just move it first and see what happens.
>>
>> I'm open to suggestions though.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>>
>>
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>>     
>
>
> Actually /var/backup  (no S) is taking up the most space....your
> /var/backups is taking up roughly the same amount as mine is.  I,
> however, do not have a /var/backup folder, so I am curious as to what
> is in there taking up 3.3 gigs
>
>   
Meant to write /var/backup. My mistake, sorry.

Graham