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Thread: drive filling / plex issue?

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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    updateX3

    unmounted the RAID and it still thinks its full... now both df -hT and ubuntu's disky analyzer say /home is using about 48gigs, but the contents inside them (disk analyzer and the script you provided) are only a few hundred megs

    still unable to figure out where this mysterious data is coming from that doesn't seem to exist lol. did do some cleaning in the hidden home folders, found folders with files for programs i uninstalled (steam POL etc)

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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    well i guess this just means i'll have to do a clean upgrade to 14.04 or 14.10 then :-p been putting that off for awhile

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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    final update

    found a 48gig file ~/.xsession-errors.old

    and removed it that takes care of the why the home folder was saying its full with no signs of why it's full

    had to
    Code:
    ls -lah
    to find it

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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    So, you didn't run bdu.sh in your /home/<x> directory?
    Windows assumes the user is an idiot.
    Linux demands proof.

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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    i did, but it didn't show that file in the list. bdu.sh was only showing 8 gigs in the home folder

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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    Quote Originally Posted by Forbees View Post
    i did, but it didn't show that file in the list. bdu.sh was only showing 8 gigs in the home folder
    I just noticed this myself. It only reports on Directories!
    Well. I didn't write it so feel free to make it better.

    I guess the idea is get a size for a directory and then cd into it and
    Code:
    ls -hal *
    ?
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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    apparently
    Code:
    ls -hal
    and
    Code:
    ls -lah
    are the same thing

    but that was how i found it... still not sure why i'd have a ~/.xsession-errors.old taking up 48 gigs

  8. #18

    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    Quote Originally Posted by Forbees View Post
    apparently
    Code:
    ls -hal
    and
    Code:
    ls -lah
    are the same thing
    Yes, they are. I use "-hal" as a reference to HAL9000

    Quote Originally Posted by Forbees View Post
    but that was how i found it... still not sure why i'd have a ~/.xsession-errors.old taking up 48 gigs
    It may have been collecting xsession "errors" since the day you installed the OS.

    Doesn't hurt anything to nuke it.
    Reading some of it may be an issue since it is such a large file.
    Maybe
    Code:
    tail -n 100 ~/.xsession-errors | less
    can help determine if it is an issue that needs to be addressed.
    Or just nuke it and check it periodically after doing so.

    Glad it worked out in any event.
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    Re: drive filling / plex issue?

    i nuked it since it had .old on the end. the "new" one is only like 256kB

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