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Noah writes:

>  I sometimes get reports of "file system full" but not accurately
>  because when viewing the drive with "df -k" I find there is
>  adequate space on the drive. Usually this is casused by log files
>  considered larger than the available space on the /var directory.
>  I would like to see if this in fact the case.
>  
>  Can somebody please remind me what commands I can use to
>  troubleshoot this current condition?

	lsof?


				Robert Huff