Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:32:19 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> Cc: "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: v: huge random file, why? Message-ID: <19981012203219.A29346@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3621FDAE.AAA2BAA1@graphnet.com> References: <3621FDAE.AAA2BAA1@graphnet.com>
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Roman Katsnelson wrote: > The contents of the file looked like compiled code, but it wasn't > executable. What did `file v' report, out of interest? That may tell you what it was ... > And also, just as a side note, how can a file system take up more than > 100% of what it's alotted? df (maybe other programs) reports what users can use, I beleive. root can use slightly more than this[1], so root can still do stuff if normal users fill the disk up. As for what is was/why it was there, I have no idea :-( -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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