Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:09:23 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Michelle Weeks <tristan11@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: optimization changed from TIME to SPACE Message-ID: <3E7B6363.7020902@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <1C7CD906-5BC4-11D7-9164-0050E4251459@mindspring.com> References: <1C7CD906-5BC4-11D7-9164-0050E4251459@mindspring.com>
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Michelle Weeks wrote: > On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 09:21 AM, Bill Moran wrote: >> Michelle Weeks wrote: >>> I am running 4.6.2 Release and received the following kernel message: >>> /tmp: optimization changed from TIME to SPACE >>> I'm not sure what this means? >> >> It means your /tmp partition is getting full. >> When there is plenty of space, the system writes files very quickly, >> with little regard for minor amounts of space being wasted. When the >> disk fills up, the system switches to SPACE optimization, which makes >> saves take longer, but is much less likely to waste any space. >> Either delete some files, or get a larger partition for /tmp. With >> /tmp, it's very likely that there are a lot of files in there that >> could be deleted. > > Thank you for the clarification. I have a script running to delete > files in the /tmp directory that I will change to run more often. Do I > need to do anything to change the optimization back to time? Optimization will switch back to TIME automatically when enough space is freed. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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