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Can I Safely Remove /var/cache?

Answer : From http://www.lindevdoc.org/wiki//var/cache Sorry for the (very) late answer, but I believe it's important to include this bit for future reference. Highlighted the bit which does answer this question. The /var/cache directory contains cached files, i.e. files that were generated and can be re-generated any time, but they are worth storing to save time of recomputing them. Any application can create a file or directory here. It is assumed that files stored here are not critical, so the system can delete the contents of /var/cache either periodically, or when its contents get too large. Any application should take into account that the file stored here can disappear any time, and be ready to recompute its contents (with some time penalty). So yes, you may remove these files without expecting anything bad to happen. No . For one, I believe that /var/cache/bind/ is the default directory where bind9 expects its zone files to be stored (at lea...