Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3] /var getting full

[Ted Behling <TBehling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:03 PM 9/8/01, Per M Knutsen wrote:
> My /var filesystem is becoming filled up. I have moved some of the /var/log
> files, but that didn't really save much space. Does anyone know which files
> in /var can safely be deleted, so that I can free up more space?

You can use the 'du' (disk usage) utility, which tells you how much space 
directories' contents use.  It's different from 'ls' in that it adds up the 
total size of directories' contents.  cd to the /var directory, and run "du 
-sh *".  Those flags tell it to summarize the data using human-readable 
numbers (e.g., it'll say "4.3M" instead of 4508876).  This tool is right up 
there with grep in terms of usefulness.

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