On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:23:41 +0200, Alex de Kruijff wrote > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 06:46:14AM -0800, Noah wrote: > > I sometimes get reports of "file system full" but not accurately because > > when > > viewing the drive with "df -k" I find there is adequate space on the drive. > > Usually this is casused by log files considered larger than the available > > space on the /var directory. > > That you don't have adequate space for the task at hand. In this case > compressing the log (this means the source needs to be arround wile a > new bzip file is created) and create a new fresh file. > > > I would like to see if this in fact the case. > > > > Can somebody please remind me what commands I can use to troubleshoot this > > current condition? > > Use 'du -s * | sort -n' to find the largest files >
Hi there, actually du does not give enough information. 'lsof' is the answer I was looking for. I want to look at open files that have not been written to the drive. Cheers, Noah > -- > Alex > > Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. > > Howtos based on my personal use, including information about > setting up a firewall and creating traffic graphs with MRTG > http://alex.kruijff.org/FreeBSD/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
