Hi,

In my root directory i have a few files i was wondering if it's safe too delete the following:

.bash_history
.cpan
.lftp
.mysql_history
.profile

i've never noticed these files before as i've never used ls -al in that directory.

It's handy working at at an ISP :)....

the systems team tell me it's find too delete.

not sure about .cpan though it's a directory?

You've obviously done some Perl upgrading - the .cpan directory contains Perl module install-related stuff from CPAN. You can remove it if you wish, especially as the /root directory lives in the (small) / partition.

Thanks removed the directory and i lost a massive 3% of the size of my root partition. i've got it down to 84% is there anything else i can remove? i've moved tmp, man and a few others to home but it doesnt get much smaller.

Be very careful moving /tmp as it gets symlinked by some other stuff, needs certain permissions, etc.

Check /usr - that's where a lot of "third party" stuff usually installs itself. I always install stuff under /home (things like MySQL etc) as it has the most room. Symlink to /usr/whatever if needed.

Use "du" to see what dir is taking up the most. Go to / and do

du -h --max-depth=1 .

Then go into the biggest subdir it lists and repeat. Keep going down until you find where all your space is being used.

FYI, on my RaQ 4 (not sure what server you have) my / partition is always around 72-73% used, so you don't have too much more to remove.