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Date:      Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:03:03 +0100 (BST)
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        njensen@habaneros.com (Neil Jensen)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /kernel: file system full
Message-ID:  <E0wYxvD-0001vn-00@moek.pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <01BC7009.F63F6E60@jalapeno.habaneros.com> from Neil Jensen at "Jun 3, 97 10:00:46 am"

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Neil Jensen probably said:
> > > I keep getting the following error messages in my /var/log/messages
> > > file:
> > > /kernel: pid 3157 (qmail-queue), uid 1011 on /var: file system full
> > > A 'df' shows that /var is only 12% full. 
> > 
> > But have you used all the inodes ?
> > try df -i and look at the inode stats.

> Sorry, I should have mentioned the inodes in the first email:
> I have only used about 5% of the inodes. i.e.:
> /dev/ccd0e      29727     3436    23913    13%     400    7278     5%   /var

In that case, perhaps you have a process with a file open that has been
unlink()ed ?

syslog springs to mind, in var ... otherwise, not sure.

There are times when I miss the p* process tools from Solaris, is there
an implementation of them for FreeBSD anywhere ?

Peter.

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