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Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: remus on January 09, 2012, 11:24:41 PM

Title: Bloat in mydata.tgz file
Post by: remus on January 09, 2012, 11:24:41 PM
Hi all,

I've just noticed that my mydata.tgz file has grown to 260MB, however I have no idea how it got that big.

I only have samba3.tcz, openssh.tcz and nano.tcz installed with some basic work done to the openssh and samba configuration files.

Any idea how mydata.tgz gets bloated ?
Title: Re: Bloat in mydata.tgz file
Post by: gerald_clark on January 09, 2012, 11:44:24 PM
Browse it with mc ( Midnight Commander ).
Title: Re: Bloat in mydata.tgz file
Post by: roberts on January 10, 2012, 12:20:23 AM
Click Control Panel -> System Stats
Look at bigHomeFiles then decide what to add to /opt/.xfiletool.lst

Another option, open an xterm and type:
filetool.sh -d

-d is for dry run will show the large files and total size

Both of these options should be a part of your file maintenance routine.
Title: Re: Bloat in mydata.tgz file
Post by: remus on January 10, 2012, 12:40:44 AM
Problem found, self inflicted user error  ::)

I had moved my tce folder to a persistent folder and things started to get out of hand in a recursive fashion on each filetool.sh -b command.

Thanks for your comments.