> Sean Boran <sean AT boran DOT com> wrote:
>         
>         *Each* morning my root disk free space drops by one 1GB,
>         starting at 07:00 linearly until 09:00.
>         At 09:00, the 1GB is suddenly freed up again.
>         ...and I'm trying to figure out why.

This sounds like a job for lsof or 'find / -mmin 5 2> /dev/null'. Run

It isn't updatedb. The locate database doesn't grow then shrink in one
update run.

Regards,
Tyler

-- 
"Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil."
   -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love", by Robert A. Heinlein


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