data deletion from linux system

[richa]

Hi all,

can you please let me know how to deleted files from the linux system permanently?
i am working in terminal and even on doing rm or unlink disc space is not freed...
also please let me know which are the log files and temporary files that can be deleted safely...
please help...
thanks in advance
richa

[Viswanathan]

Hi,

As far as deleting is concerned, say, if you are rightclicking & deleting from the GUI mode, it will be sent to the Trash.

If you are deleting from Console/Terminal/Shell prompt (however you may call it).... use "rm -rf <name of folder>" where "-rf" is for Recursive & Force respectively.

Generally, if you would like to get some space, and if you are thinking about deleting those log files or temporary files, those would not occupy much of space at all for it to contribute a gud difference in releiving space for u. Anyways, if you would like, all the temporary files, most of it all would be inside the "/tmp" directory and the log files, will generally be in "/var" or sometimes in the same location as other files too, with extension ".log" etc..

Regards
Visu

[devils casper]

am working in terminal and even on doing rm or unlink disc space is not freed...
also please let me know which are the log files and temporary files that can be deleted safely...

'rm' deletes files permanently and should increase size of free space.
you can delete cache of browser and yum.

yum clean cache

you have to delete browser's cahce manually.

[richa]

I have tried rm -rf still there is no free space. i am working in debian .Moreover it is not recognising yum command
plz help.
richa

[Redman]

... i am working in debian ...

Topic moved to Debian section.
Better place than the Red Hat/Fedora section

[daark.child]

Debian does not use YUM, it uses apt. You can try

#apt-get clean

[richa]

I want some free available space in debian as it is showing 0 space. Wht to do??

[devils casper]

execute this

su
apt-get clean all

post the output of 'df -h' command.


Edit: thanx RedMan for moving this thread. i suggested 'yum clean cache' earlier coz thread was in Red Hat/Fedora Forum.

[richa]

hi again
i am not geting any solution for this problem i.e. no available /free space to execute the program.I working in Debian over vmware installed on linux fedora core.
plzz help.

[devils casper]

post the output of 'df -h' command here.
did you execute 'apr-get clean' command?