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Ok had to search for a while for this solution. Use the following syntax to change the backup directory path:


drush up --backup-dir=/home/your/directory/path/


http://drupal.org/node/419520

When using drush to update drupal, it automatically makes a backup of the site before performing any upgrades. The problem I am having is that the default place for backups is also the same volume where crush is installed, which coincidently is not currently on the same volume where the site in question is hosted. This leads to an update failure as I do not have much spare capacity on this volume to create backups.

My question is how do I change the default directory that crush uses for backups when performing an upgrade?

One solution might be to us the following syntax:

cat /dev/null > /var/log/messages

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questio ... logs-under-debian-404616/

I am running CentOS and would like to free up some space by purging some log files. Anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

Great. Used this and find out there were some temporary files created by in /usr/local/psa/PMM/tmp that needed removing and make a big difference to the amount of space available. Many thanks.

Okay try using the following command to find the larger files on your system:


find /usr -type f -ls | sort -k 7 -r -n | head -10


http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i ... -linuxunixbsd-filesystem/

I would like to be able to 'free up' some space on my server. Any idea how to find the largest files on my system?

Try something like this:

mysql -u username -p"password" < database.sql

if you want to selct the datbase to import add

-D"database"

i.e.


mysql -u username -p"password" -D"database" < database.sql

I am trying to upload a mysql file using the command line. Does anyone know what the command is for this?

ok found this article:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23703

Namely:

- patch RHEL/Centos 5.4 to latest version
- install VirtualBox Guest Additions
Guest Additions installation:
kernel-headers.x86_64
kernel-devel.x86_64
gcc.x86_64 (compilers)

- add the following to the kernel parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst (less might be sufficient):
' noapic nolapic nosmp divider=10 nolapic_timer '

- once the guest is started, resync clock with prefered method e.g.:
/etc/init.d/ntpd stop
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
hwclock --systohc
/etc/init.d/ntpd start

Also here:

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3135

Have tries this and see if it fixes the problem. So far seems to be working.