Oracle directory filling up

Hello,
I have inherited an oracle server that's hosting a pretty large network management system. The oracle install directory on this server is filling up and causing problems. What can i safely delete on this? I have read that the trace files and the files in the *dump directories are fine to delete. I am sure this information is valid, but could someone point me in the right direction for documentation about the files in these directories or explain what they are used for? Also, could someone please verify that these files are safe to delete?
Thanks!

safe to delete as long as you know, you wont be using those trace file for later analysis.
Make sure all those directories has log and trace files not more than 15 days(that my personal oponion) or move them to a different location. if they are then more than 15 days old, use the following command (or similar in AIX) to get rid of those files.
find /u02/app/oracle/admin/CHIOPSWN/bdump -mtime +15 -print
to find the files that are older than 30 days
find $PWD -mtime +15 -print
same thing like above,if u r in the same directory
find /u02/app/oracle/admin/CHIOPSWN/bdump -mtime +15 -exec rm -r {} \;
to remove the files
find $PWD -mtime +15 -exec rm -f {} \;
same thing like above if u r in the same directory
find / -name "*.inst*" -exec ls -ltr 2>/dev/null {} \;
find with long listing
CHANGE LOCATIONS/PWD respectively

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