turned out the largest disc usage was from database logs 
They are no more, and client seems to be ok with their passing
They are no more, and client seems to be ok with their passing
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bitcoin@BPN:~/.bitcoin$ du -csh *
12K __db.001
1.4M __db.002
268K __db.003
48K __db.004
4.7M __db.005
12K __db.006
154M addr.dat
4.0K bitcoin.conf
4.0K bitcoind.pid
1.5G bk
2.0G blk0001.dat
2.0G blk0002.dat
1.7G blk0003.dat
1.8G blkindex.dat
11G database
0 db.log
254M debug.log
76K wallet.dat
20G total
12K __db.001
1.4M __db.002
268K __db.003
48K __db.004
4.7M __db.005
12K __db.006
154M addr.dat
4.0K bitcoin.conf
4.0K bitcoind.pid
1.5G bk
2.0G blk0001.dat
2.0G blk0002.dat
1.7G blk0003.dat
1.8G blkindex.dat
11G database
0 db.log
254M debug.log
76K wallet.dat
20G total