I don't understand how to use logrotate, but I'm pretty sure cron runs it. /var/lib/mysql was using 21G, so I think I can go in there (or at least into the mysql client) and delete the databases that I myself have created and am no longer using. If I understood the command you recommended it mounts / on /mnt/tmp and then du's it. That's still running, but isn't that the entire system?
On 07/17/11 17:17, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:19:14 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > >> I'm running into space issues (my / partition is at 99% of capacity) and >> I'd like some advice on what I can remove and how. > > It's impossible to answer that without knowing what is on /. Is /var > on /? If so do you use logrotate, or is /var/lib/mysql full of .bin files? > > Without knowing what is taking up the space, you can't know what needs to > be removed. The first step could be > > mount --bind / /mnt/tmp > du -ch /mnt/tmp/* > >
