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Re: [LUG] Root room

 

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 09:08:17AM +0100, Robin Cornelius wrote:
> On 9/20/06, Neil Winchurst <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Should I be worried? What happens if it gets full?
> 
> Things will (probably) break
> 
> Is this one single root / partition with everything under that or do
> you have /homes etc somewhere else, i did not understand your
> description.
> 
Just out of interest, is there a command to learn how much free space is in
each partition?

> Basicly is /var on that disk as this is all your logs and temp files
> 
> you can play hunt the offending disk wasters with the du command. Go
> to a directory eg /
> 
> type
> 
> du * -s | grep sort -g
> 
> this will show you a sorted list of files and sub directorys and there
> size (biggest at the bottom)
> 
Hmm useful



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