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Date:  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:43:12 +0000
From:  Everard Brown <bluequartz-mailing-list (at mark) brown-llabres.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:08821] Re: /var file question
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:19:45 -0500, Jon McCauley  
<jmccauley (at mark) ontarioweb.ca> wrote:
> 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
>

try: yum clean cache

That should free up around 325Mb 8^)


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