RE: How to locate small file consumption creep

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Author: Lisa Kachold
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: RE: How to locate small file consumption creep

find / -atime +1 # fild all files starting at / accessed 1 day ago.
find / -atime +1 </tmp/fileage # put list of files starting at / into a tmp file called fileage
find . -atime +1 -type f -exec mv {} TMP \; # mv files accessed (in . dirspec) from 1 day to dir TMP

Note differences between atime, ctime and mtime:

"-atime/-ctime/-mtime" 
    [+|-]n


    Specify selection of the files based on  three 
    Unix timestamps: the last time 
    a files's "access time", "file status" and "modification time".    

    

    n  is time 
    interval -- an integer with optional sign. It is measured in 
    24-hour periods (days) or minutes counted from the current moment.n: If the integer n does not have 
        sign this means exactly n 24-hour periods (days) ago, 0 means 
        today. 


        +n: if it has plus sing, then it 
        means "more then n 24-hour periods (days) ago", or older then n,


        -n: if it has the minus sign, then 
        it means less than n 24-hour periods (days) ago (-n), or younger then 
        n. It's evident that -1,  and 0 are the same and both means "today".

        
http://www.wagoneers.com/UNIX/FIND/find-usage.html

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> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:56:56 -0700
> From:
> To:
> Subject: Re: How to locate small file consumption creep
>
> Most likely a hidden file or files. Since it is in HOME
>
> I run Kubuntu. (I) would use Krusader to compare directories, BUT I'll
> bet there is someone here with a simple command line that will do the
> trick. :-)
>
>
> Josef Lowder wrote:
> > How can I locate what seems to be a small file consumption
> > "creep" on my system. In one 10-gig partition, I have about 1.1 gig
> > of free space available, but I've noticed that some of this space
> > seems to go away overnight when nothing is running.
> >
> > For example, last night 'df' showed this:
> > Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda2             9.9G  2.7G  6.7G  29% /
> > /dev/hda1              76M  5.3M   67M   8% /boot
> > /dev/hda3             9.9G  8.8G  1.1G  90% /home
> > /dev/hda7             9.9G  7.3G  2.1G  78% /mnt/hda7

> >
> > And this morning, 'df' showed this:
> > Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda2             9.9G  2.7G  6.7G  29% /
> > /dev/hda1              76M  5.3M   67M   8% /boot
> > /dev/hda3             9.9G  9.0G  951M  91% /home
> > /dev/hda7             9.9G  7.3G  2.1G  78% /mnt/hda7

> >
> > So what could account for the loss of file space from
> > 1.1G to 951M overnight with nothing running
> > and how could I search my system to find an answer?
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