Date:  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:19:45 -0500
From:  Jon McCauley <jmccauley (at mark) ontarioweb.ca>
Subject:  [coba-e:08820] Re: /var file question
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Adam Crews wrote:
> /proc (and /var/named/chroot/proc) is a virtual file system that maps
> to kernel memory.  you cannot remove it, and it does not actually take
> up any space.
>
> You'll have to find another place to trim from.
>
> http://www.freeos.com/articles/2879/  has some good info about /proc
> if you are interested in reading up on it.
>
> -Adam
>
> On 2/13/07, Jon McCauley <jmccauley (at mark) ontarioweb.ca> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> I have a server again that the /var file is 94%. I have checked and I
>> have many tasks listed as /var/named/chroot/proc/15874/fd
>>
>> Am I safe to
>> rm -r /var/named/chroot/proc/*
>>
>> thx in advance
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Best Regards, Jon McCauley
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
Adam, thanks for the response and I will take time to read the link

Below is the size of the files, please let me know what I could remove

52K     ./www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/templates/COMMON
13M     ./www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/templates
2.8M    ./www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/maps
1.3M    ./www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/lang
18M     ./www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc
20M     ./www/cgi-bin/openwebmail
20M     ./www/cgi-bin
4.3M    ./www/manual/mod
8.7M    ./www/manual
1.8M    ./www/usage
3.2M    ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/htmlarea.openwebmail/popups
3.7M    ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/htmlarea.openwebmail
100K    ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/popups
68K     
./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/plugins/TableOperations/img
24K     
./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/plugins/TableOperations/lang
132K    
./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/plugins/TableOperations
8.0K    
./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/plugins/SpellChecker/img
12K     
./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/plugins/SpellChecker/lang
68K     
./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/plugins/SpellChecker
204K    ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/plugins
148K    ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/images
88K     ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta/lang
704K    ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript/HTMLArea-3.0-beta
4.4M    ./www/data/openwebmail/javascript
444K    ./www/data/openwebmail/images/iconsets/Adjunct.Metal
16M     ./www/data/openwebmail/images/iconsets
17M     ./www/data/openwebmail/images
1.2M    ./www/data/openwebmail/help/nl
6.5M    ./www/data/openwebmail/help
29M     ./www/data/openwebmail
29M     ./www/data
61M     ./www
88M     ./log/httpd
6.1M    ./log/admserv
1.4M    ./log/clamav
1.9M    ./analog-5.32/lang
1.9M    ./analog-5.32
9.4M    ./db
21M     ./lib/rpm
8.6M    ./lib/clamav
31M     ./lib
514M    ./named/chroot/proc
514M    ./named/chroot
514M    ./named
32M     ./cache/yum/BlueQuartz/packages
1.1M    ./cache/yum/BlueQuartz/headers
35M     ./cache/yum/BlueQuartz
144M    ./cache/yum/base/packages
6.6M    ./cache/yum/base/headers
155M    ./cache/yum/base
131M    ./cache/yum/update/packages
5.0M    ./cache/yum/update/headers
136M    ./cache/yum/update
325M    ./cache/yum
326M    ./cache
4.0K    ./spool/MailScanner/incoming/18623
4.0K    ./spool/MailScanner/incoming/17687
4.0K    ./spool/MailScanner/incoming/32270
4.0K    ./spool/MailScanner/incoming/14381
4.0K    ./spool/MailScanner/incoming/28800
388K    ./spool/MailScanner/incoming
4.0K    ./spool/MailScanner/quarantine
396K    ./spool/MailScanner

Best Regards, Jon McCauley

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