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To: matt@quake.execnet.com
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Subject: Re: Unix help 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 06:49:15 -0800
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>...Ok background story...I run a FreeBSD system at
>Quake.execnet.com...which is becoming a popular site, and one of my
>users told me he had a problem with his cgi scripts, and asked me for
>some help...the webdirectory is on a separate drive...anyways I logged
>on, to my surprise the root drive "/" was full and at -101% capcity...I
>had a friend help me determine the why it was like that...he said the
>files in the stand directory were to big I mean 1+meg each...he said go
>replace them...so tell me if he is correct and if so where do I get
>these files from...

   The files in /stand are actually just one file with multiple directory
entries, so they consume a total of just 1MB. The problem is likely that
/tmp or /var is on the root filesystem and is filled up. Check both,
especially /var/log and /var/tmp.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project