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I moved all my files to another Hdd (video,photos,docs etc)cleaned up 120gb of a 1TB HDD. Still had 800gb floating around on my HDD.

I have found in my VAR, Log, 2 text files 757.7Gb syslog and 40.3Gb syslog.

Can i delete these file or how can i stop them from fill my Hdd. syslog text file

Any help would be appreciated.

rclocher3
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    You might want to find out what's filling up `syslog` because there could be something that keeps happening to fill it up like that, but other than that, you can delete them (reboot after deleting to regain the disk space). – Chai T. Rex Feb 06 '17 at 22:27
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    Yes it would be good to find the culprit filling the hdd, any ideas how to. can i delete the syslog.gz – Milan Vee Feb 06 '17 at 22:36
  • Read some of the logfiles that take up so much space: `tail /path/to/logfile.log`. You stop the logifle from filling your HDD by solving the problem that is getting logged about. – user535733 Feb 06 '17 at 22:38
  • `sudo rm /var/log/syslog*.gz` should get rid of all of the `.gz` files. `sudo rm /var/log/syslog*` will remove the non-`.gz` `syslog` files as well. Don't forget to reboot afterwards to actually see the free space, though. – Chai T. Rex Feb 06 '17 at 22:38
  • Please edit your question to include the output of `tail -n 20 /var/log/syslog`, so we can see why your syslog is filling up so fast. – rclocher3 Feb 06 '17 at 22:41
  • Thanks All ,have 908gb free space on 1Tb hdd. Now to find the culprit. – Milan Vee Feb 06 '17 at 22:50
  • `sudo du -hd1 /` and start digging. Happy hunting... – Amnon Feb 06 '17 at 23:48
  • Possibly related: [Which files should I remove from /var/log directory to free space in Ubuntu 16.04?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/880106/which-files-should-i-remove-from-var-log-directory-to-free-space-in-ubuntu-16-0/880124#880124) – steeldriver Feb 06 '17 at 23:49
  • Feb 7 19:41:28 milan-MS-7758 kodi.desktop[3099]: extern "Python": function Cryptography_rand_status() called, but @ffi.def_extern() was not called in the current subinterpreter. Returning 0. This is what is filling my Hdd. when i exit Kodi it hangs on the screen. – Milan Vee Feb 07 '17 at 09:21
  • Well there's your problem! They can probably help you in the Kodi forums. Good luck. – rclocher3 Feb 07 '17 at 18:32

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