On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 00:57 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to free space by truncating big file, and I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -al gps.nmea > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2332070 Feb 19 22:13 gps.nmea > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > gps.nmea > -sh: cannot create gps.nmea: No space left on device > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# rm gps.nmea > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > gps.nmea > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
You need to write a log entry indicating the new length of the file. There is no space for new log entries. There is a special case for removal -- 'rm gps.nmea' would work. Perhaps we should add a special case for truncation too, so that it can also use the extra pool of free space. -- dwmw2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
