Freeing up disk space

[MnAdA]

What are the places in the file system that can be deleted safely to recover disk space. To be specific is it safe to delete /var/cache/pkg/* ? if so what other places are similar (can be deleted) to free disk space.

 

[jrm@]

Yup, /var/cache/pkg/* is a good candidate, as is /usr/ports/distilfes if you build your own packages locally.

ADDED: You can also check for crash dumps in /var/crash or wherever you store them, if you do.

 

[jrm@]

You can also search for large files under a path that you might want to delete with something like find . -type f -size +25M -exec du -m {} \; | sort -n.

If you want directory totals something like du -sm * | sort -n can help.

 

[protocelt]

I suppose if you're really hurting for space you could also clear out old logs in /var/log as well.

 

[bsdkeith]

....or reduce the amount (8% I believe) held in reserve for the root user in case of shortage of space.....