[PLUG-JOBS] File system space troubles

[Steve Cayford]

I usually start with "du -cks /* | sort -n" and then into directories as needed.

2013/7/2 Mike C. <mconnors1 at gmail.com>:
> In an attempt to install hp printer software on my friend's Debian box I ran
> into an unexpected problem that I don't know how to solve.
>
> I'm seeing this messages when I try to use tab complete:
>
> "cat /etbash: cannot create temp file for here-document: No space left on
> device
> bash: cannot create temp file for here-document: No space left on device"
>
> and when I try to login as root to a directory in thunar file manager I get
> an error about not enough space to copy the user's xauthorization file.
>
> It's fairly obvious what the problem is:
>
> bikejunkie at penguin:/$ df -h
> Filesystem                                              Size  Used Avail
> Use% Mounted on
> rootfs                                                  9.2G  9.2G     0
> 100% /
> udev                                                     10M     0   10M
> 0% /dev
> tmpfs                                                   803M  724K  803M
> 1% /run
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/edf54f42-ce8d-4a9d-be11-44e71f338f46  9.2G  9.2G     0
> 100% /
> tmpfs                                                   5.0M     0  5.0M
> 0% /run/lock
> tmpfs                                                   4.8G  1.4M  4.8G
> 1% /run/shm
> /dev/sda6                                               434G  208G  205G
> 51% /home
> pr
>
> However, the obstacle to solving this problem is that I can't seem to get a
> useful listing of current file space utilization from either Thunar nor
> command line so that I can determine what to move or delete.
>
> I found a few files in the /tmp directory that were a few hundred MBs.
>
> Is there a better gui tool or command that will provide a better break-out
> of files and their space usage?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice/recommendations.
>
> Mike
>
>
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