I've done the same and had no problem--even as root.  BTW, you don't have 
to re-boot to see if everything is OK.  I consider that a Windows thing 
which linux doesn't need.  The most you may need to do is unmount a 
partition and fsck it after you are done deleting things.

At 12:16 PM 06/13/2000 -0400, you wrote:

>My question is this: Can I do damage to the file system by filling up the
>disk accidentally that way? Obviously if I had really hosed the partition
>I would know it, but if I rebooted and everything works well, does that
>mean everything is OK? How can I tell for sure that I have not created a
>problem that will appear over time?



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