/var is getting full - solved (I hope)

[Graham Watkins]

Amedee Van Gasse (on Ubuntu mailing lists) wrote:
> On Sat, October 10, 2009 16:52, Graham Watkins wrote:
>
>   
>> As/ /I wrote before, /var/backups  is taking up most of the space and
>> contains a single file named
>>
>> 2009-09-26_10.27.20.524996.graham-desktop.ful
>>
>> I think, and please correct me if you know different, that this is a
>> legacy file from the sbackup program which I had installed for about a
>> week and then removed.  I have no idea why it would save a backup in /var
>> though.  I'm thinking that I can probably delete it without causing any
>> problems though I might just move it first and see what happens.
>>     
>
> If you look at
> http://www.debianadmin.com/backup-and-restore-your-ubuntu-system-using-sbackup.html
> (around the second half of the page), you will see that your file is named
> according to the standard naming convention of sbackup.
> So yes, you can delete it without worries if you are now using another
> backup method.
>
>   
Right, I've moved the file elsewhere, rebooted the system and the sky 
hasn't fallen yet. 

/var is now down to 11%.

Thanks to all who replied.

Cheers,

Graham