[virtual machine] VMware virtual machine occupies too much space. Solution

List the occupancy of all files or folders in the directory

du -sh * 

The occupancy of user directory is different from that of the folder I use , Then I guess which ones occupy the hard disk . Folders at the beginning , because . The first folder is in Ubuntu Will not be displayed in the file management system of , Use here ll The command can see these folders , Then go into these directories one by one and use du -sh * View occupancy , Finally, it is found that the occupation caused by the following directory , Then we execute the delete command to solve the problem .

/home/ user name /.cache/vmware/drag_and_drop

This directory is in vmware Installed under the virtual machine ubuntu System , In order to be in windows and ubuntu It is convenient to copy data between , So in vmware Installed on vmware tools. Installed on vmware tool After the ubuntu System .cache/vmware/drag_and_drop/ Create some cache directories under the path , from windows When copying files, the files will be copied to the cache directory first , It can lead to ubuntu The available space of has dropped sharply .

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