Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 06:20:05 -0800 From: "Noah" <admin2@enabled.com> To: freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: file system full help Message-ID: <20060422141946.M36266@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <6167434.1145631209604.JavaMail.pibu@Z1DROPOFF> References: <20060420141550.M51182@enabled.com> <6167434.1145631209604.JavaMail.pibu@Z1DROPOFF>
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:23:41 +0200, Alex de Kruijff wrote > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 06:46:14AM -0800, Noah wrote: > > I sometimes get reports of "file system full" but not accurately because when > > viewing the drive with "df -k" I find there is adequate space on the drive. > > Usually this is casused by log files considered larger than the available > > space on the /var directory. > > That you don't have adequate space for the task at hand. In this case > compressing the log (this means the source needs to be arround wile a > new bzip file is created) and create a new fresh file. > > > I would like to see if this in fact the case. > > > > Can somebody please remind me what commands I can use to troubleshoot this > > current condition? > > Use 'du -s * | sort -n' to find the largest files I was looking for lsof - du only shows written files. > > -- > Alex > > Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. > > Howtos based on my personal use, including information about > setting up a firewall and creating traffic graphs with MRTG > http://alex.kruijff.org/FreeBSD/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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