Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:11:22 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Ben Williams <williamsl@home.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /var slice wierdness Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9909081007330.15049-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <2147.990907@home.com>
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On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Ben Williams wrote:
> I also have another box (a server) that is having some serious
> wierdness in the /var slice. This was only my second FreeBSD install
> and I went with the defaults for slice sizes which has been fine up
> until about a week ago when I noticed /var was nearly full, but a `du -x | sort -n` doesn't show me anything hoggging all my space
> up. Here is what I have:
It's very likely that there's a process holding a file open on /var
that doesn't appear on the directory listings. (ie process opens
a file on /var/tmp, then unlinks it). Only when the process dies
does the filespace it consumes get released.
Jonathan Chen
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