On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:45:25 -0500 Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What files are basically safe to remove because they are caches and > such? There is the invisible file .cache. And the /var/cache. The > files in /tmp are these safe to delete? Are there any other files you > can delete? For example if you were using rsync, what file would you > not want to backup, because they are just caches? I saw yesterday in devel that there are over 23,000 packages in Fedora. No one is going to know the intricacies of all those packages. It is on you to perform trial and error to determine what is necessary or not for the packages you have. I compile a custom kernel tuned to my hardware. No one can tell me what I can leave out or not, except me. I use trial and error, and trim it until something breaks. That said, because I compile packages (and some programs) locally, I don't bother backing up the .ccache directory in my home directory. I also do my backups from another version of Fedora with the version being backed up not booted, so that there are no temporary files. Like Tom, I ignore space except for obvious wastes like the ~/.ccache directory and ~/rpmbuild. If you are desperate, you could ignore all the files under /var/log. They will be recreated as the system runs (I think), but a restore will have no information about the system's previous state. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
