Filesystem cruft script: clean your system, save disk space!

dashnu · l33t Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 703 Location: Casco Maine

also any one who installs postfix / mysql / imap / ssl mail servers may run into this:

asph · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:23 am Post subject:

is 0.0.12 last version (the download link at first post) available?
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ThomasL · n00b Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 30 Location: Switzerland

great script!

Please add the following:

eeknay · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject:

uhm, i don't quite understand this. i do get a lot of output, but how do i get rid of all that stuff?
is there something else i should do before using this script?

EDIT
nevermind, i just read the wiki

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Blubbmon · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject:

Very nice script!

Please add the following false positives:

kamagurka · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:20 am Post subject:

1. IMHO /etc/init.d/local.start should be added to the list of protected files, as you are advised to use it for commands to be executed at startup by the commenting in /etc/init.d/local.

2. what's /lib/dev-state/?

3. cruft should not list /etc/zsh/zshrc

4. what's /usr/sbin/gcc-config?

5. what's /usr/lib32/?

6. /var/log/ntpd.log belongs to the ntp-daemon and should not show up

7. /var/log/webmin/ belongs to webming

8. i think /var/run/ppp0.pid belongs to rp-pppoe and should be left alone.
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TJNII · l33t Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 637 Location: for(;;);

Distcc was flaged
As was /usr/bin/kill
Stuff in /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins/ prolly shouldn't be flagged
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Devsforev · n00b Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 17 Location: New York

Hey all. Thanks for an awesome script, i have already cleared a lot of cruft off my system.

However, I just ran it, and it flaged A LOT of stuff related to perl5. Can someone please check out the following link (it's WAY to much to post here) for a list of all the items that were flaged. Thanks again!

http://devsdomain.homelinux.com:8888/cruft-perl5

I guess i'm asking if it's OK to remove all of these files! I am currently running: dev-lang/perl-5.8.4-r1

aethyr · Veteran Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 1085 Location: NYC

KristyX · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:37 am Post subject:

That's exactly what I was wondering too. I'm using Perl 5.8.4 and was going to let the other (lower) perl versions be considered cruft until I did perl -V and got this:

KristyX · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:05 am Post subject:

Okay, I first renamed the 5.8.2 and 5.8.3 directories to something else and rebooted the system to see if anything breaks but things acted normal and all so I added the directories to the cruft list and cleared them off.

So far, everything's a-okay :)

By the way, the cruft script listed /etc/java/j2re1.4.2_04 as cruft (I guess because it wasn't installed by Portage) so I removed it from the list.

~Kristy
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Pseud · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:26 pm Post subject:

Can someone please give me the link to the most recent version of the cruft script?

Thanks
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provicemo · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:46 pm Post subject:

mope · Apprentice Joined: 23 Feb 2003 Posts: 206

robfantini

Hello,
Is it possible to have the script use a local exclude file?

I run Gentoo on a few servers. This servers have many data and other directories which need to be excluded.

Using a seperate exclude file an admin could use updated cruft scripts without editing in local changes.

Thank you for the great work!

sinisterdomestik · l33t Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 685 Location: Texas

hepta_sean · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject:

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mikkelhoegh · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:07 pm Post subject:

Wouldn't it be an idea to filter /usr/share/grub/gdm/themes/* from the results - as any installed themes go there

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kootenaykid · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:32 pm Post subject:

Ok I no this is my fault, but I figured I would run this cruft script to free up my dwindling space. I thought that it would be mostly safe so I didn't bother to check if I actually needed anything that it cleaned be fore just removing it all.

Anyway I seem to be hooped as it removed most of my libpython files. So now emerge is broken.

Is there an easy way to fix this?

I'm looking at figure out manual build for python rigth now. Is this the best approach?

I think I'll find extra HD space other ways next time.

kootenaykid · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 11:19 pm Post subject:

Well, still not too fond of this script, but Gentoo rocks! I thought a manual build of python was going to throw some curve balls. Nope, just download the source, extract, ./configure, make && make install prefex=usr and away we go.

I emerged python after just to be sure, but that was way too easy.

sinisterdomestik · l33t Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 685 Location: Texas

so reading the last 2 posts, i would assume that its not smart to just run and delete everything huh. what about all the ._cfg0000 files, they dont look important, but i wouldnt wanna delete something i need. i suppose ill try my best and hope for the best

/me crosses fingers
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sinisterdomestik · l33t Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 685 Location: Texas

i would LOVE to run etc-update, but the problem with that is, the last time i ran it, i fsked my entire box and couldnt restart it for weeks until i finally re-installed gentoo....soooooooooooooooooo im a little scared of etc-update to say the least. i need to read a manual on that one

/EDIT

i am doing this very carefully, but i AM doing etc-update after 2 years......whew. one question though, when your looking at the differences, is the new .cfg file the lines with the '-' or the '+'
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