On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 08:46:32AM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Here's another simpleton question. :-(
> I managed to backup onto my / partition. I have rm-ed most of the > resulting garbage. But I am left with a 100% full /tmp and df tells me > that this is overflow. I therefore need to do some more deleting. But I > am ashamed to say that I have not explored /tmp as much as I ought to > have, so my knowledge about what is usually/meant to be there is scant. :-( One thing that I haven't seen anyone mention here is that /tmp is usually not a separate filesystem, which means that a full /tmp implies a full / - and not necessarily that there are files within /tmp itself that you should clear out to make room. Running 'mount' will show you a list of all mounted filesystems. 'df' will show how much disk is used/available on each -- and "df /tmp" will show what the mountpoint is for whatever filesystem contains /tmp (probably "/"). I understand the original problem seems to have resolved itself for you, which is good, because figuring out how to free up space on your root partition is normally a pain... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
