Whoever wrote the big file still has it opened.

lsof | grep /tmp | grep deleted should tell you what pid and/or
service to cycle to fix it and/or who is your troublemaker making the
big file and holding it open still.

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 12:14 PM Walter Cazzola <cazz...@di.unimi.it> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> I've a quite "noisy" problem on my freshly installed Fedora 31 laptop. My 5Gb
> /tmp partition get full in around 10 hours of up time.
>
> No way to free it apart reboot.
>
> At the time of writing I've the /tmp partition full but I've already run a rm
> -fr /tmp/* from root.
>
> These are some diagnostic data I can find:
>
>    >du -h /tmp
>    4.0K    /tmp/.font-unix
>    4.0K    /tmp/.Test-unix
>    4.0K    /tmp/.esd-526
>    4.0K    /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.KNSxtF
>    4.0K    /tmp/.com.google.Chrome.U2x6fK
>    4.0K    /tmp/.X11-unix
>    4.0K    /tmp/.XIM-unix
>    12K     /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps
>    16K     /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons/hicolor/22x22
>    20K     /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons/hicolor
>    24K     /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons
>    28K     /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD
>    4.0K    /tmp/.ICE-unix
>    96K     /tmp
>
>    >df
>    Filesystem     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
>    devtmpfs         8128348         0   8128348   0% /dev
>    tmpfs            8147108    296136   7850972   4% /dev/shm
>    tmpfs            8147108      1860   8145248   1% /run
>    /dev/sda7       51343840  26608456  22097560  55% /
>    /dev/sda12       1569780    414968   1154812  27% /mnt/win_d
>    /dev/sda9        7159288   1203200   5572704  18% /var
>    /dev/sda6         705248    215828    438104  34% /boot
>    /dev/sda13     765974760 681522348  45520036  94% /home
>    /dev/sda11       5029504   2479500   2271476  53% /usr/local/exts
>    /dev/sda10       5095040   4816516         0 100% /tmp
>    tmpfs            1629420        64   1629356   1% /run/user/526
>
>    > lsof /tmp
>    COMMAND     PID    USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE   SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
>    clementin  1481 cazzola    9uW  REG   8,10          0   25 
> /tmp/qtsingleapp-clemen-d211-20e-lockfile (deleted)
>    dropbox    1568 cazzola    3u   REG   8,10        499   37 
> /tmp/dropbox-antifreeze-WZmtGN (deleted)
>    dropbox    1568 cazzola    6u   REG   8,10          0   63 /tmp/#63 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    1615 cazzola   14u   REG   8,10          0   40 /tmp/#40 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    1615 cazzola   15u   REG   8,10          0   42 /tmp/#42 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    1615 cazzola   16u   REG   8,10          0   44 /tmp/#44 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    1615 cazzola   19u   REG   8,10   41222144   46 /tmp/#46 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    1615 cazzola   20u   REG   8,10 4861394944   48 /tmp/#48 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    1615 cazzola   21u   REG   8,10    5181440   50 /tmp/#50 
> (deleted)
>    skypeforl  2628 cazzola   39u   REG   8,10         16  110 
> /tmp/skype-2628/skypert_sessionkeyjlJNdT (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  DEL    REG   8,10             162 /tmp/#162
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  DEL    REG   8,10             163 /tmp/#163
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  DEL    REG   8,10             161 /tmp/#161
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   17u   REG   8,10       6896  113 /tmp/#113 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   18u   REG   8,10     700416  114 /tmp/#114 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   19u   REG   8,10        862  115 /tmp/#115 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   24u   REG   8,10       6664   56 /tmp/#56 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   25u   REG   8,10          0  116 /tmp/#116 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   26u   REG   8,10          0  117 /tmp/#117 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   27u   REG   8,10          0  118 /tmp/#118 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   32u   REG   8,10     598016   57 /tmp/#57 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   34u   REG   8,10        833   58 /tmp/#58 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   35u   REG   8,10          0  119 /tmp/#119 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   36u   REG   8,10          0  120 /tmp/#120 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   37u   REG   8,10          0  121 /tmp/#121 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   45u   REG   8,10          0  122 /tmp/#122 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   46u   REG   8,10          0  123 /tmp/#123 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   47u   REG   8,10          0  124 /tmp/#124 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   55u   REG   8,10          0  125 /tmp/#125 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   56u   REG   8,10          0  126 /tmp/#126 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   57u   REG   8,10          0  127 /tmp/#127 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   65u   REG   8,10          0  128 /tmp/#128 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   66u   REG   8,10          0  129 /tmp/#129 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   67u   REG   8,10          0  130 /tmp/#130 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   75u   REG   8,10          0  131 /tmp/#131 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   76u   REG   8,10          0  132 /tmp/#132 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   77u   REG   8,10          0  133 /tmp/#133 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   85u   REG   8,10          0  134 /tmp/#134 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   86u   REG   8,10          0  135 /tmp/#135 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   87u   REG   8,10          0  136 /tmp/#136 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   95u   REG   8,10          0  137 /tmp/#137 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   96u   REG   8,10          0  138 /tmp/#138 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola   97u   REG   8,10          0  139 /tmp/#139 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  105u   REG   8,10       7824  140 /tmp/#140 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  106u   REG   8,10     675840  141 /tmp/#141 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  107u   REG   8,10        978  142 /tmp/#142 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  115u   REG   8,10          0  143 /tmp/#143 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  116u   REG   8,10          0  144 /tmp/#144 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  117u   REG   8,10          0  145 /tmp/#145 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  125u   REG   8,10          0  146 /tmp/#146 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  126u   REG   8,10          0  147 /tmp/#147 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  127u   REG   8,10          0  148 /tmp/#148 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  135u   REG   8,10          0  149 /tmp/#149 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  136u   REG   8,10          0  150 /tmp/#150 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  137u   REG   8,10          0  151 /tmp/#151 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  145u   REG   8,10          0  152 /tmp/#152 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  146u   REG   8,10          0  153 /tmp/#153 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  147u   REG   8,10          0  154 /tmp/#154 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  155u   REG   8,10          0  155 /tmp/#155 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  156u   REG   8,10          0  156 /tmp/#156 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  157u   REG   8,10          0  157 /tmp/#157 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  165u   REG   8,10          0  158 /tmp/#158 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  166u   REG   8,10          0  159 /tmp/#159 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  167u   REG   8,10          0  160 /tmp/#160 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  175u   REG   8,10       6064  161 /tmp/#161 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  176u   REG   8,10    1206656  162 /tmp/#162 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  177u   REG   8,10        758  163 /tmp/#163 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  185u   REG   8,10          0  111 /tmp/#111 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  186u   REG   8,10          0  112 /tmp/#112 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  187u   REG   8,10          0  164 /tmp/#164 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  195u   REG   8,10          0  165 /tmp/#165 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  196u   REG   8,10          0  166 /tmp/#166 
> (deleted)
>    konsole    3464 cazzola  197u   REG   8,10          0  167 /tmp/#167 
> (deleted)
>    alpine     4074 cazzola    5uW  REG   8,10          4   39 
> /tmp/.80d.12001ef
>    bash      14643 cazzola  cwd    DIR   8,10      12288    2 /tmp
>    vim       25380 cazzola    5u   REG   8,10          4   39 
> /tmp/.80d.12001ef
>    python3   25395 cazzola    5u   REG   8,10          4   39 
> /tmp/.80d.12001ef
>    lsof      26901 cazzola  cwd    DIR   8,10      12288    2 /tmp
>    lsof      26902 cazzola  cwd    DIR   8,10      12288    2 /tmp
>
> It seems that konsole keeps blocked around 5Gb of space in a deleted file.
> How can I force konsole to realease it?
>
> As far as I remember, konsole was creating a huge cache file in Fedora 23 too
> but that wasn't a problem because the cache at that time was stored in
> .local/cache where I have plenty of space but now it is in /tmp. Alternatevely
> how can I force konsole to low the amount of cache it stores?
>
> Thank you
> Walter
>
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