From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 9 15:57: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5155737B403 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:57:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f79MuuH03382; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:56:56 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:56:56 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: vipor Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: seeking help--- my /tmp is full ---109 % Message-ID: <20010810105656.A2974@itouchnz.itouch> References: <001001c12126$95ff60a0$0400a8c0@ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001001c12126$95ff60a0$0400a8c0@ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>; from vipor_1@hotmail.com on Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:56:54PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:56:54PM -0700, vipor wrote: > hello, > can someone please assist me I am at a loss, my /tmp directory is obviously > full. But I'm unable to determine why. > and most important I'm also unable to fix this with my current skills and > abilities. > If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this..? [...] I'd suspect that some process is holding a file in /tmp open. If you can determine the process and kill/stop it, you'll get back your space. What does: # fstat /tmp tell you? -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message