how do i delete my home on root partition?

[NoOp]

On 12/15/2011 03:07 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 12/15/2011 05:29 PM, Sushil Mantri wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using a new disk for my home, but i am not able to reclaim the
>> space my old home has on the root partition.
> 
> You could delete your present /opt directory, which should be empty, 
> (please check first!) then rename the old /home directory to  /opt

What have you been smoking?

$ ls /opt
Adobe
BitDefender-scanner
cycas39
epson-inkjet-printer-escpr
epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series
google
ibm
JMF-2.1.1e
jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin
jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin
jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin.bak
libreoffice
libreoffice3.4
libreoffice3.5
ooo-dev
ooo-dev3
openoffice.org
openoffice.org3
vmware
zimbra
...

@ Sushil: if you are absolutely positive that you have all the data you
need, and wish to delete the old home (Warning: this will delete all
data in that directory, *so be sure* before using):

$ sudo rm -R /home/<oldhome>