Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 01:29:43 -0800 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: Mark Pude <markpude@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /var/ is full Message-ID: <20011108092943.GA3609@helios.soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <LAW2-F13ui9kZAMGA3N00009870@hotmail.com> References: <LAW2-F13ui9kZAMGA3N00009870@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 at 01:21:24 -0500, Mark Pude wrote: > Hi-- > I'm currently running FreeBSD 4.4. Recently I started getting a > message that /var is full. I don't know why this has happened, but it > prevents me from running certain programs that try and create files in > /var/tmp. Simple programs like VI just won't save a file after I've > modified it. I've looked through the documentation and have found > nothing of use on this problem. If you could could help me, I would > be pleased. How big is your /var? Have you looked to see what's filling it? My guess is there's either a gigantic email attachment in your mailbox or you've got a really small /var and lots of log files. - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> http://soupnazi.org/ | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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