Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:39:43 -0500 From: ravi pina <ravi@cow.org> To: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> Cc: Mark Pude <markpude@hotmail.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/ is full Message-ID: <20011108103943.U97368@happy.cow.org> In-Reply-To: <20011108092943.GA3609@helios.soupnazi.org>; from mij@soupnazi.org on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 01:29:43AM -0800 References: <LAW2-F13ui9kZAMGA3N00009870@hotmail.com> <20011108092943.GA3609@helios.soupnazi.org>
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 01:29:43AM -0800, Jim Mock said at one point in time:
> 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
or lots of stale things in /var/tmp
-r
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