From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 21 00:23:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53AA516A401 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:23:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from psmtp02.wxs.nl (psmtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.247.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A593B43D45 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:23:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl (ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl [81.204.132.35]) by psmtp02.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.02 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IY1009PJQFHQD@psmtp02.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:23:42 +0200 (MEST) Received: from Alex1.kruijff.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3L0Ngh8001997; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:23:42 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex1.kruijff.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k3L0Nf1E001996; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:23:41 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:23:41 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20060420141550.M51182@enabled.com> To: Noah Message-id: <20060421002341.GL919@Alex1.kruijff.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <20060420141550.M51182@enabled.com> X-Authentication-warning: Alex1.kruijff.org: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: file system full help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:23:45 -0000 On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 06:46:14AM -0800, Noah wrote: > 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. That you don't have adequate space for the task at hand. In this case compressing the log (this means the source needs to be arround wile a new bzip file is created) and create a new fresh file. > 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? Use 'du -s * | sort -n' to find the largest files -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. Howtos based on my personal use, including information about setting up a firewall and creating traffic graphs with MRTG http://alex.kruijff.org/FreeBSD/