/var is getting full

[Robert Kiwanuka]

2009/10/10 Matt Harrison <matt.harrison82 at gmail.com>

> 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
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I don't have an /var/backup (without s) folder. May be it is no harm
removing it.

Robert
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