too many files in /var partition

[upsforum]

in /var/lib/mysql I have too many files, I can delete this files?

[BianchiDude]

rm -rf /var/spool/exim/input/*

[makersky]

in /var/lib/mysql I have too many files, I can delete this files?

why you think you have to many files and what do you mean by 'too many files' ? are you short of free inodes or space left on device ?

[upsforum]

I have this status HD space used

partition /usr 92%
partition /var 65%



what I can make?

[makersky]

I have this status HD space used

partition /usr 92%
partition /var 65%

what I can make?

So you have 35% of space free in /var and only 8% in /usr. If you want to find directories that takes most space do this:

du -sk * | sort -n

Still I dont understand why you want to remove files ? /usr is rather still partition (except log files of programs installed in /usr/local/ - ie: apache - /usr/local/apache/{logs,domlogs}). /var is not full in your case.

/var/lib/mysql contains mysql databases, so it's not a good idea to delete it. also removing /var/spool/exim/input/ is not a good idea (you will loose all emails that are in queue and are waiting for delivery).

[upsforum]

OK,

for /usr/local/apache/domlogs i created a simbolic link to /home/domlogs, in this partition i have 135Gbyte free


for /var from 2 days ago the space status is 62% used, I can remove /var/spool/exim/input/* but for long period? what I can do?

[upsforum]

in /var/lib/mysql I have 8GByte of files, this is normal??

[upsforum]

I have this files in /var/lib/mysql


-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 104360290 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000018
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 79 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000019
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 370840 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000020
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 569 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000021
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 9953 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000022
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 272952203 Jun 18 2006 server3-bin.000023
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 394416789 Jul 13 2006 server3-bin.000024
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 345098614 Jul 27 2006 server3-bin.000025
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 20439751 Jul 28 2006 server3-bin.000026
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2696582 Jul 28 2006 server3-bin.000027
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 34663 Jul 29 2006 server3-bin.000028
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 153501308 Aug 2 2006 server3-bin.000029

This is very very large, to what to used?

[makersky]

I have this files in /var/lib/mysql


-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 104360290 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000018
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 79 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000019
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 370840 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000020
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 569 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000021
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 9953 May 31 2006 server3-bin.000022
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 272952203 Jun 18 2006 server3-bin.000023
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 394416789 Jul 13 2006 server3-bin.000024
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 345098614 Jul 27 2006 server3-bin.000025
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 20439751 Jul 28 2006 server3-bin.000026
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2696582 Jul 28 2006 server3-bin.000027
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 34663 Jul 29 2006 server3-bin.000028
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 153501308 Aug 2 2006 server3-bin.000029

This is very very large, to what to used?

it seems that you had bin log turned on few months ago. check if those files are in use
# fuser -v server3-bin*
and if not delete all.
also you can check if you have other mysql log files, rotated or not. (log directive in /etc/my.cnf)

in /var/lib/mysql I have 8GByte of files, this is normal??

go to /var/lib/mysql and submit
df -sk * | sort -n
you will see who has biggest databases. maybe you would like to charge your clients for extra large db or you have databases which belongs to deleted accounts ?

[brendanrtg]

This is what we normally remove without any problems.

1. /var/cpanel/logs/*
2. /tmp/sess*
3. /usr/local/apache/logs/*_log

[upsforum]

with fuser command this is result

-bash: /sbin/fuser: Argument list too long

the directory is very full

[makersky]

with fuser command this is result

-bash: /sbin/fuser: Argument list too long

the directory is very full

if you use bash shell then try:

for f in server3-bin*; do fuser -v $f; done

If there is a lot of server3-bin files then you still have bin logging turned on. Consider if you need this and if you need previous logs.

[upsforum]

this is correct result?

No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000021:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000022:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000023:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000024:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000025:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000026:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000027:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000028:
No process references; use -v for the complete list
server3-bin.000029:
No process references; use -v for the complete list

[chirpy]

rm -rf /var/spool/exim/input/*

Don't make stupid recommendations like that again or you'll find yourself banned. Recommending someone delete all their email files is reckless, especially when it has nothing to do with the OP.