Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:43:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Anthony Hoelzle <pentium@cio.net>, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: locate database Message-ID: <19981207084317.N603@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <366A5E8E.7C37D7BE@cio.net>; from Anthony Hoelzle on Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 02:38:06AM -0800 References: <366A5E8E.7C37D7BE@cio.net>
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On Sunday, 6 December 1998 at 2:38:06 -0800, Anthony Hoelzle wrote: > I keep getting local mail to root from the system (Charlie) that says, > >> Subject: Abados Weekly run output >> >> Rebuilding locate database: >> sort: write error: Nospace left on device >> locate.mklocatedb: cannot build locate database >> >> Rebuilding whatis database: >> >> Cleaning up kernel database files: > > what is the problem? do I not have a large enough partition? how do I > fix this? thanks sort uses a temporary file in /tmp to build the locate database. I've seen requirements as high as 40 MB, so the fact that your /tmp now contains lots of free space doesn't mean anything. The best thing you can do is to symlink /tmp to some other file system. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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