Maureen Thomas [2025-03-06 20:24:36] wrote:
> I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying that
> my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room for it.
Depends on all kinds of things. Questions that come to mind:
- Why do you have a separate /var partition?
- How big is it and how much space do you have elsewhere on the same disk?
- What is that "it" that you want to make room for?
David Christensen [2025-03-06 18:58:12] wrote:
> I prefer:
[...]
> # du -d 2 -m /var | sort -rn | head
Agreed. I personally use just `du | sort -n` (I can't see the benefit
of the `-d2` and I rely on the terminal's scrolling to filter out the
small fry instead of using `-r` and `head`).
But indeed, the `-m` is a good idea, thanks (never bothered to look for
such a thing).
Stefan
