Post #294,375
10/7/07 2:18:47 PM
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housecleaning on mac
root disk is 95%
all uneeded music has been deleted all user files cleaned. Where is the rest hiding like log files etc. I have looked in all of the unixy places but cant seem to find much.
thanx,
bill
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Post #294,386
10/7/07 6:35:56 PM
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The "resource" fork?
The "resource" Fork?
You have Fink installed?
Fink keeps its "install" stuff somewhere.
Bad/lost inodes?
obWindowsizm:
When was the last time you did a chkdsk and defrag?
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Post #294,401
10/7/07 10:53:11 PM
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no fink on this box, havnt installed it
what is a resource fork?
thanx,
bill
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Post #294,405
10/7/07 11:09:11 PM
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Macs have 'split' files.
Open an executable file one way, and you get the executable content. Open it another way, you get all the GUI things it needs to let you use it (icons, menus, dialog boxes, etc). The first is called the Data Fork, the second is called the [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_fork[Resource Fork|http://en.wikipedia....ork[Resource Fork].
The idea is a specific instance of Windows NT's [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(filesystem)|alternate data streams]. And I believe Hans Reiser has gone on record saying this concept would be a good thing to add to Linux.
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Post #294,407
10/7/07 11:47:37 PM
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My mac's at the office so this is guessing
Use the "du" command at the top of the root, and then for each set of the directories as you focus down to find the space usage.
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Post #294,408
10/8/07 12:37:39 AM
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Focus in on the largest quickly...
du / | sort -n | tail -10 to see the largest 10 directories under your root dir.
At least, that works on Linux. YMMV on Mac, for all I know.
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Post #294,424
10/8/07 11:50:03 AM
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On my MacBook one gets:
du: /.Spotlight-V100: Permission denied
du: /.Trashes: Permission denied
Alex
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Post #294,425
10/8/07 11:56:16 AM
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Re: On my MacBook one gets:
Try adding sudo to the start of the command, before the du. You should be prompted for your password at that point.
-YendorMike
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Post #294,575
10/11/07 8:09:14 AM
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Indeed, sudo does it.
$ sudo du / | sort -n | tail -10
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
5212512 /Library/Audio/Apple Loops
5212512 /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple
5220696 /Library/Audio
5247456 /private/var/vm
5261936 /private/var
5281712 /private
5598496 /Applications
8465832 /Library/Application Support
19755704 /Library
36305758 /
Alex
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Post #294,577
10/11/07 9:30:18 AM
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wonder what that private/var/vm does?
I assumed it was from the vmware I wasnt using and removed it
thanx,
bill
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Post #294,586
10/11/07 3:37:53 PM
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I GUESS it was ok
The "vm" scares me - it make me thing of virutal memory, but the private should make it safe.
In the future, wander into the dir and use strings against the files to look in them to see if you recongnize anything.
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Post #294,429
10/8/07 12:58:13 PM
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didnt look at the .Trash files... hmm
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