Re: /usr directory

[email protected] wrote:
> I am having a Redhat Linux 9 server which is working as a Java Based
> Application Server....
> Over the last few days my /usr directory is showing a significant increase
> in disk space
> i checked out each and every directoy ...some of the directories are very
> important ...could anyone
> suggest me how can i decrease my /usr space ...
> 
First, you must look at what is in /usr and see what is taking up the 
space. Normally, there should not be much there other than what the 
distribution (in your case RHL 9) put there.

Almost any other stuff you should have put there deliberately. These would 
normally be programs. If you are keeping anything else in there, you 
should probably put it elsewhere. /tmp for temporary files, /opt for 
optional files, /usr/local (if it is a separate partition), etc.

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