On Saturday 15 July 2006 08:19, Ron Wilson wrote:
Smart has filled up my /var system and /opt which is including in same system. It is 2.1Gb but doing an update/upgrade it filled to 100 percent. What can I safely delete out of /var is my first question and second is am I doing something wrong in just updating/upgrading the whole caboodle. How big should I make /var in future so that I dont run into this problem again. Thanks
This isn't an answer, but a related tip: When you delete an open log file, the space for that file is not actually freed up. For example: ~> rm /var/log/messages That won't do what you expect - the space is not freed until syslog is restarted (typically during a reboot). A way around this problem, if you need to quickly free up space used by open log files: ~> echo '' > /var/log/messages That empties out the file and immediately frees up the space used by existing data in the file. -- ----- stephan@s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts