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Thanks to all who replied.
/ filled up when my nightly rsync snapshot did something which I'm still
looking into.
I run a nightly rsync script to make copies (to an external HDD
connected via USB) of user data files:
#backup to USB drive location for /home
# /media/bkup is /dev/sdg1 (USB 700GB drive)
rsync -av --delete /home/ /media/bkup
cd
Well, in /media, there were 2 folders, not just one.../bkup and /bkup_
as well as 2 .lock files. I determined which was the last complete
backup and deleted the other... needless to say / space began to
increase, but I'm truly puzzled about why a mount point would take up
space on / when the media is external.
Anyone with insight into my flawed logic, please let me know :)
Thanks for all help and the ongoing knowledge gained from this list.
-Ray
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Ray,
Perhaps your usb drive became unmounted for some reason.
You might try unmounting your usb drive, and see what is in the mount
point directory in the root partition.
For instance, if your usb drive is mounted at /media/bkup, unmount the
drive, then cd into /media/bkup and see what's there.
HTH
Monty
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