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[NIck Selby <php@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Dave,


> No, but you shouldn't rm them.  If you want to zero their contents, you
> should:
>   cat /dev/null > /var/log/messages
> etc.

Thanks much


> However, I would look at the file first.  I suggest running 'less' on the
> file, since it is a good pager.  It allows you to move to the end of the
> file ('>'), then reverse search ('?') for a line *not* containing ('!')
> a particular string.  This should help you skip backwards past the
> disk space errors.

I guess the problem here is that I don't quite know what I should be 
looking for. I see thousands of lines, minute by minute, from last night of 
Directory sread (sectir 0x21abd80b) failed
attempt to access beyond end of device
0:302: rw=0 want=282455046, limit=7189087

Can anyone help me with that one?

Nick


> If you have enough space (!), you could run 'bzip2' on the messages-20020403
> file, since that should reduce its size significantly, and give you some
> working room.  Of course, you will need enough space to hold both the
> compressed and uncompressed versions simultaneously for a short period.
> If you have separated your filesystem into different partitions, you could
> put the zipped version on a different partition, since there should be
> space on any partition which doesn't contain /var/log.

nice to know for the future!



> PS: you don't need to quote as much as you did - particularly the whole
> list welcome message and FAQ!!


doh!