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Date:      Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:27:37 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, mister.olli@googlemail.com
Subject:   Re: Unable to delete files on ZFS volume
Message-ID:  <200906211127.53136.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0906201648t783c4702pcfa25840c0958b6e@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <1245519413.26909.60.camel@phoenix.blechhirn.net> <790a9fff0906201648t783c4702pcfa25840c0958b6e@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, Scot Hetzel wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Mister=20
Olli<mister.olli@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > after filling up a ZFS volume until the last byte, I'm unable to
> > delete files, with error 'No space left on the device'.
>
> I had this problem once, and was able to solve it by using:
>
> cat /dev/null > /path/to/file/to/remove
>
> This truncated the file to 0, and then I was able to remove it.

BTW there is the truncate utility - it would have the same effect but=20
truncate is simpler to run via sudo ;)

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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