The rsync was spawned by timeshift as far as I can determine. I turned off timeshift and all is functioning normally and there's plenty of disk space (after timeshift backups removed). Timeshift seems to have been introduced to Linux Mint in 18.3, with possibly some auto-install in 19.1. While I can appreciate automatic backups (I appear to have invoked monthly cron job, but suspect this got created during the install), running out of disk is a serious downside. The forum messages about timeshift on Linux Mint site are either "great" or "waste of time", with the latter seemingly related to out of disk problems. Looks like the program/suite needs to add some sensible space checking, which is never trivial. Perhaps the software has investors in the disk business! Thanks to contributors for ideas of finding the source. I knew elements of these, but the hints will get incorporated into my toolkit. Best, JN On 2019-05-13 9:15 p.m., Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2019-05-13 20:52, Alan McKay wrote: >> -x option on ps will give you the command line > > My standard ps command is: > > ps auxfww | less > > You may need to use a very wide terminal for it to be legible due to > wrapping. "f" is family tree view, "w" is wide view, "w" is wide > again... > >> Also find the parent process and see what it is. Parent process will >> be listed in the ps listing. > > slainte mhath, RGB > > -- > Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> > <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! > Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% > Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org