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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

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