Cleanup unused files and other junk ...

[martinko]

Micah wrote:
> 
> 
> jonas wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:50:21 +0200
>> Kiffin Gish <kiffin at gish.demon.nl> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Is there a good and dependable procedure for cleaning up the file 
>>> systems from unused junk that just clutters valuable disc space?
>>>
>>> I am already aware of the 'periodic daily' scripts 
>>> 'clear_tmp_enable=YES' option for the rc.conf file, but where else
>>> can one safely remove files.
>>
>>
>>
>> -if you ever did a buildworld then you have the compiled base system
>> in  /usr/obj, which you can delete.
>> -you can scan your filesystem for *.core files (a process creates these
>> when it crashes) and delete them.
>> -make sure you always do a 'make clean' after installing software from
>> the ports. i think portupgrade can scan and cleanup all ports workdirs.
>>
>> but i think in most cases much more spaces is wasted with stuff in your
>> homedir you forgot about ;)
>> well at least this is the case for me ... having a deeper look into my
>> $HOME/tmp and $HOME/stuff can quickly free some hundred MBs :)
>>
>> cya,
>> jonas
> 
> 
> For finding those long forgotten things that take up MBs, I've found 
> kdirstat (for KDE) to be quite useful.  Helped me free up a few 
> gigabytes - all located in my home dir of course. :)
> 
> Later,
> Micah

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