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[trevor2005]

Hello.

How can I safely claim back 11GB of space which my computer is storing data worth 11GB in

/private/var/spool/cups/tmp

I want to do this by using Terminal program on my PowerMacOSX 10.3.9 but I want to be able to print ok once I have done this (usually I mess up my settings and affetc my RIP iProof Xsoftware)

Any ideas?

Trevor

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[Don_HH2K]

On most UNIXes such as Mac OS, a ./tmp folder would indicate temporary files, and in your case, it looks like temporary print spooler documents from CUPS (which handles printing on OS X). You should safely be able to delete those files by typing the following commands into Terminal (one at a time):

[Antony]

[trevor2005]

Don

Thank you for the advice,it didn't work!

I launched Terminal and put in code:
rm -r /private/var/spool/cups/tmp/*
it read Permission denied
I tried with
sudo rm -r /private/var/spool/cups/tmp/*
No such file or directory

What to do now now?

Anthony
That link you said to follow has all my unsuccessful tries and frustrations thta is why I want to start all over again with a simple straightforward solution–this is driving me crazy!!!

Please can anyone help me retrieve 11GB of data back from
/private/var/spool/cups/tmp/ using Terminal safely so my print optins and set-up stay the same and working.

Trevor

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

[Don_HH2K]

Did you try sudo rm -r /private/var/spool/cups/tmp/.* as well, and get the same result?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060130 Donzilla/1.1PR1 (WML/1.3)

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Laptop: Turion 64 X2 @ 2GHz, 2GB DDR2-667, 100GB HD, ATI Radeon X300, 15" LCD, Seven Ultimate RC

[trevor2005]

Don

Hi there, I really do appreciate you trying to help.

Yes I tried
sudo rm -r /private/var/spool/cups/tmp/.*

and it read
No such file or directory

Trevor

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

[Don_HH2K]

Could you try running sudo ls /private/var/spool/cups/tmp, and see if you get anything?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060130 Donzilla/1.1PR1 (WML/1.3)

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Laptop: Turion 64 X2 @ 2GHz, 2GB DDR2-667, 100GB HD, ATI Radeon X300, 15" LCD, Seven Ultimate RC

[trevor2005]

Don

Hi again.

Tried
sudo ls /private/var/spool/cups/tmp

it came up a long list of numbers and letters–what are they?
Trevor

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[Don_HH2K]

Then there are files in that directory, though for some reason rm is apparently saying that you don't. I don't know the reasons for this, since executing rm -r * should wipe everything (and rm -r .* would wipe hidden files).

From the looks of things I'd go along with Antony's suggestion and give Cocktail a try.

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Laptop: Turion 64 X2 @ 2GHz, 2GB DDR2-667, 100GB HD, ATI Radeon X300, 15" LCD, Seven Ultimate RC

[trevor2005]

Don

Thank you for your reply.

I have used Terminal to retrieve my GB before but I messed up my print settings.

My Coctail needs me to register (which I thought I did) so not a;; of it works.

Trevor

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[Antony]

[Antony]

Try