[SOLVED] What can I do about like my 31GB or maybe 254GB system?
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This is where I got that 274GB or about number and I just realized all but system usage analyzer after analysis is displaying like 274GB now maybe or maybe not, maybe. What safe stuff can I do to clean?
I would expect the output of the df command to be correct.
Did you create a backup or configure any automatic backups?
Lets see if there are any really big files in your / partition. Try the following command:
Code:
sudo du -a / | sort -n -r | head -n 20
The last number of posts except for the #23 and #24 were written clearly, intelligible and without the maybe, maybe not. Again, it makes your posts hard to read. And again may I strongly suggest creating a signature with that line. I think that most members will deal with it and it shows up on your posts at the bottom like mine and rkelsen's above. If not I would expect most members to not respond to your threads anymore. Also remember there are members that are not native English speakers and purposely posting in that manner you could lose out from someone that might know the answer if they could understand the question.
I have a partial backup. Have to make a full one soon. I assume it is a root owned file taking space because Disk Usage Analyzer only has non-sudo access. Should I back up before running that command? All as per one might be maybe or might not be maybe, maybe or maybe not, maybe.
norvel@norvel4-ThinkPad-T460:~$ sudo du -a / | sort -n -r | head -n 20
[sudo] password for norvel:
du: cannot access '/run/user/1000/doc': Permission denied
du: cannot access '/run/user/1000/gvfs': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/proc/5619/task/5619/net': Invalid argument
du: cannot read directory '/proc/5619/net': Invalid argument
du: cannot access '/proc/12727/task/12727/fd/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/12727/task/12727/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/12727/fd/3': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/12727/fdinfo/3': No such file or directory
287584767 /
229825276 /media
229825272 /media/norvel
229825268 /media/norvel/UbuntuFilesXE
227728104 /media/norvel/UbuntuFilesXE/proc
227728100 /media/norvel/UbuntuFilesXE/proc/1
223404316 /media/norvel/UbuntuFilesXE/proc/1/pagemap
18466020 /snap
17768756 /home
17768752 /home/norvel
10075576 /var
8511320 /var/lib
8144632 /var/lib/snapd
7022072 /usr
5760651 /snap/android-studio
5542228 /home/norvel/Android
5542224 /home/norvel/Android/Sdk
5025900 /usr/lib
4485792 /var/lib/snapd/cache
4364488 /home/norvel/Android/Sdk/system-images
norvel@norvel4-ThinkPad-T460:~$
Whole output of it with nothing plugged in maybe or maybe not, maybe.
Last edited by maybeJosiah; 01-08-2024 at 04:29 PM.
Reason: no plug maybe
Why would I have a big thing in /media and more specifically /media/norvel/UbuntuFilesXE/proc/1/pagemap when I do not have anything plugged in? Can I safely delete it? Am I correct in that number before it is number of bytes? Would you prefer an abbreviation like "X E" for "All as per one... maybe"?
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