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If you are in any doubt about details of the following advice, contact our [[Technical support]] for help.
If you are in any doubt about details of the following advice, contact our [[technical support]] for help.


== What to do before migrating ? == <!--T:3-->
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Make sure you know whether you are responsible for your own data migration, or whether our staff will be migrating your data. If you are in any doubt, contact our [[Technical support]].
Make sure you know whether you are responsible for your own data migration, or whether our staff will be migrating your data. If you are in any doubt, contact our [[technical support]].


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=== Clean up === <!--T:6-->
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It is a good practice to look at your files regularly and see what can be deleted, but unfortunately many of us do not have the habit. A major data migration is a good reminder to clean up your files and directories. Moving less data will take less time, and storage space even on new systems is in great demand and should not be wasted.
It is a good practice to look at your files regularly and see what can be deleted, but unfortunately many of us do not have this habit. A major data migration is a good reminder to clean up your files and directories. Moving less data will take less time, and storage space even on new systems is in great demand and should not be wasted.
* If you compile programs and keep source code, delete any intermediate files. One or more of <code>make clean</code>, <code>make realclean</code>, or <code>rm *.o</code> might be appropriate, depending on your [[Make|makefile]].
* If you compile programs and keep source code, delete any intermediate files. One or more of <code>make clean</code>, <code>make realclean</code>, or <code>rm *.o</code> might be appropriate, depending on your [[Make|makefile]].
* If you find any large files named like <code>core.12345</code> and you don't know that they are, they are probably [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_dump core dumps] and can be deleted.
* If you find any large files named like <code>core.12345</code> and you don't know that they are, they are probably [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_dump core dumps] and can be deleted.
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