{"id":676,"date":"2021-07-23T12:35:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-a-full-partition\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:35:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:35:24","slug":"how-to-clear-a-full-partition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-a-full-partition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear a Full Partition"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Overview<\/h2>\n

This document provides the steps to clear a full partition. Usually, the \/var<\/code> directory fills up first, because it holds all of the system logs.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/div>\n
\n The \/usr<\/code> directory may also fill up quickly due to Apache.\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Clear a full partition<\/h2>\n

Check the directory space from the command line.<\/h3>\n

To check the disk space from the command line, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    Log in to your server as the root<\/code> user via SSH.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Examine your system to locate the directory or log that uses the most space. To do this, change to the \/var<\/code> directory and run the du -sh<\/code> command.<\/p>\n

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    • The du<\/code> utility prints the estimated disk space usage of each file and directory for the path that you specified.<\/li>\n
    • The -sh<\/code> argument causes the command to print the information in a human-readable format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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      The output will resemble the following example:<\/p>\n

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      \n\n\n
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       1\n<\/span> 2\n<\/span> 3\n<\/span> 4\n<\/span> 5\n<\/span> 6\n<\/span> 7\n<\/span> 8\n<\/span> 9\n<\/span>10\n<\/span>11\n<\/span>12\n<\/span>13\n<\/span>14\n<\/span>15\n<\/span>16\n<\/span>17\n<\/span>18\n<\/span>19\n<\/span>20\n<\/span>21\n<\/span>22\n<\/span>23\n<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n
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            4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>acllists<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>analytics<\/span>\/<\/span>data<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>analytics<\/span>\/<\/span>logs<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>analytics<\/span>\/<\/span>run<\/span>\n      4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>analytics<\/span>\n      24<\/span>K<\/span> .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>plugins<\/span>\/<\/span>wordpress<\/span>-<\/span>instance<\/span>-<\/span>manager<\/span>-<\/span>plugin<\/span>\n      24<\/span>K<\/span> .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>plugins<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>passreset<\/span>\n      8.0<\/span>K<\/span>    .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>mailman<\/span>\/<\/span>diskusage_cache<\/span>\n      8.0<\/span>K<\/span>    .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\/<\/span>mailman<\/span>\n      563<\/span>M<\/span>    .\/<\/span>cpanel<\/span>\n      4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    .\/<\/span>named<\/span>\/<\/span>data<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>named<\/span>\/<\/span>dynamic<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>named<\/span>\/<\/span>slaves<\/span>\n      124<\/span>K<\/span>    .\/<\/span>named<\/span>\/<\/span>cache<\/span>\n      236<\/span>K<\/span>    .\/<\/span>named<\/span>\n      44<\/span>K<\/span> .\/<\/span>www<\/span>\/<\/span>html<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>www<\/span>\/<\/span>cgi<\/span>-<\/span>bin<\/span>\n      44<\/span>K<\/span> .\/<\/span>www<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>cvs<\/span>\n      0<\/span>   .\/<\/span>proftpd<\/span>\n      2.8<\/span>G<\/span>    .\n    <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
      The numbers in the left column of the output represent the file size of each file and directory that the specified directory path contains, in human-readable format.<\/p>\n
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      Note:<\/div>\n
      \n        Due to the number of files and directories in the \/var<\/code> directory, this example only shows partial output from the du<\/code> utility.\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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      Examine the output and determine which directories use the most space.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Delete selected files and directories.<\/h3>\n
      You can delete individual files within a directory and individual directories. To do this, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n
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      1. \n
        Change to the directories that contain the most disk space.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
      2. \n
        Examine the size of each file in the directory. To do this, run the du -h *<\/code> command.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
      3. \n
        The output will resemble the following example: <\/p>\n
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        Note:<\/div>\n
        \n        The following example displays the output for the \/var\/www\/html<\/code> directory.\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        1\n<\/span>2\n<\/span>3\n<\/span>4\n<\/span>5\n<\/span>6\n<\/span>7\n<\/span>8\n<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n
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        4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    400.<\/span>shtml<\/span>\n4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    401.<\/span>shtml<\/span>\n4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    403.<\/span>shtml<\/span>\n4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    404.<\/span>shtml<\/span>\n4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    413.<\/span>shtml<\/span>\n4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    500.<\/span>shtml<\/span>\n12<\/span>K<\/span> cp_errordocument<\/span>.shtml<\/span>\n4.0<\/span>K<\/span>    index<\/span>.html<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      4. \n
        Either delete the files or save the most recent entries.<\/p>\n
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          To save the most recent entries, run the following commands: <\/p>\n
          \n
          Note:<\/div>\n
          \n        In these commands, filename<\/code> represents the file to delete, and filename.new<\/code> represents the file to which to save the most recent entries.\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
          \n
          \n\n\n
          \n
          1\n<\/span>2\n<\/span>3\n<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n
          		\n
          tail<\/span> -<\/span>5000<\/span> filename<\/span> > filename<\/span>.new<\/span>\nmv<\/span> filename<\/span>.new<\/span> filename<\/span>\nsync<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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          To delete the files, run the following command:<\/p>\n
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          cat \/dev\/<\/span>null ><\/span> filename<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          Restart the service.<\/h3>\n
          After you delete the files and directories, restart the service that created the file. To do this, follow the directions in our How to Restart Services documentation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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