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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:49:32 -0500
From:      "David Radovanovic" <david.radovanovic@verizon.net>
To:        "Moti Levy" <moti@flncs.com>, <dave@whatsthebigidea.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks filling up)
Message-ID:  <NEBBKHDKKLPFAIALALCOOEAIEAAA.david.radovanovic@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To: <026001c2df27$263d37e0$0401a8c0@bvg7>

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Thanks Moti,
Is portsclean the same as going to /usr/ports/make clean? If so, I've done
that already. I'm in the process of doing the make clean in the /usr/src.

David Radovanovic
WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc.
-- Bright ideas for the Web!
249 Partition Street
Saugerties, New York 12477
(845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880
http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com


[-----Original Message-----
[From: Moti Levy [mailto:moti@flncs.com]
[Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 7:45 AM
[To: dave@whatsthebigidea.com
[Subject: Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks filling up)
[
[
[first two thing to try
[run portsclean & cd to /usr/src and run make clean
[----- Original Message -----
[From: "David Radovanovic" <david.radovanovic@verizon.net>
[To: "Sean J. Countryman" <sean@rackoperations.com>; "FreeBSD Questions"
[<freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <dave@whatsthebigidea.com>
[Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 5:41 PM
[Subject: RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks filling up)
[
[
[> Thanks for your reply:
[>
[>
[> name# du -s -h *
[> 6.0K    COPYRIGHT
[> 2.0K    backup
[> 2.0K    backuptmp
[> 2.0G    backupusr
[>  72M    backupvar
[> 4.0M    bin
[> 542K    boot
[> 2.0K    cdrom
[>   0B    compat
[>  68K    dev
[> 2.0K    dist
[> 1.2M    etc
[> 2.0K    fdd
[>   0B    home
[> 3.6M    kernel
[>   0B    kernel.old
[> 2.0K    mnt
[> 5.4M    modules
[> 5.4M    modules.old
[>  37K    proc
[>  18M    root
[>  12M    sbin
[> 2.1M    stand
[>   0B    sys
[> 2.0K    tar-e.log
[>   0B    tar.log
[> 118K    tmp
[> 2.0G    usr
[>  82M    var
[>
[>
[>
[>
[> David Radovanovic
[> WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc.
[> -- Bright ideas for the Web!
[> 249 Partition Street
[> Saugerties, New York 12477
[> (845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880
[> http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com
[>
[>
[> [-----Original Message-----
[> [From: Sean J. Countryman [mailto:sean@rackoperations.com]
[> [Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:32 PM
[> [To: FreeBSD Questions; dave@whatsthebigidea.com
[> [Subject: RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks filling up)
[> [
[> [
[> [from the root directory ("/") run:  "du -s -h *" and post the
[> [results.  That
[> [will tell us who the offendor is.  That will show the disk
[usage "du" for
[> [each of the directories in the / directory.  If you wish to do
[a bit more
[> [detective work, go into the largest directory and rerun "du -s -h *" on
[it
[> [to find which subdirectory in that directory is oversized.  In this
[manner
[> [of drilling down, you can discover who the big offender is and then we
[can
[> [figure out a good course of action.
[> [
[> [I've seen this a bunch working tech support (for a large
[internet hosting
[> [company :-)  Everytime I drill down to find the problem, it turns out to
[be
[> [something like an out of control log file, a grossly large mysql
[database,
[> [or something similar.
[> [
[> [Let me know if you need anything else
[> [
[> [Sean Countryman
[> [
[> [
[> [
[> [-----Original Message-----
[> [From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[> [[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David
[> [Radovanovic
[> [Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:25 AM
[> [To: Stephen Hovey
[> [Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[> [Subject: RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks filling up)
[> [
[> [
[> [Am I backing up the /backup files? Should I comment out the line:
[> [/usr/local/bin/rsync -avx --delete --stats / /backup/ in the
[> [script? Maybe I
[> [don't understand FreeBSD's filesystem though you can see that /backup is
[a
[> [separate 20 gig drive. Thanks for your time :)
[> [
[> [David Radovanovic
[> [WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc.
[> [-- Bright ideas for the Web!
[> [249 Partition Street
[> [Saugerties, New York 12477
[> [(845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880
[> [http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com
[> [
[> [
[> [[-----Original Message-----
[> [[From: Stephen Hovey [mailto:shovey@buffnet.net]
[> [[Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:15 PM
[> [[To: David Radovanovic
[> [[Subject: RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks filling up)
[> [[
[> [[
[> [[
[> [[Your root partitions and your /backup are the same - so your backing up
[to
[> [[overflowing.
[> [[
[> [[On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, David Radovanovic wrote:
[> [[
[> [[> Hello,
[> [[> Searched everywhere which lead me to a prior posting about a similar
[> [[> problem. My file system is filling up again, but in different places.
[I
[> [[> initiated a rscync script that runs via cron which
[> [coincidently ran just
[> [[> before my system filling up. I'm sure the answer is obvious to
[> [anyone but
[> [[> myself. Any help would help divert my disaster. Thanks. My system:
[> [[>
[> [[> Filesystem  1K-blocks    Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
[> [[> /dev/ad0s1a    128990  127118    -8446   107%    /
[> [[> /dev/ad0s1f    257998     118   237242     0%    /tmp
[> [[> /dev/ad0s1g   9092908 2060994  6304482    25%    /usr
[> [[> /dev/ad0s1e    257998   83548   153812    35%    /var
[> [[> /dev/ad2s1a    128990       2   118670     0%    /backup
[> [[> /dev/ad2s1f    257998       2   237358     0%    /backuptmp
[> [[> /dev/ad2s1g  18028798 2083266 14503230    13%    /backupusr
[> [[> /dev/ad2s1e    257998       2   237358     0%    /backuptmp
[> [[> procfs              4       4        0   100%    /proc
[> [[>
[> [[> The script in question:
[> [[>
[> [[> #!/bin/sh
[> [[>
[> [[> /usr/local/bin/rsync -avx --delete --stats / /backup/
[> [[> /usr/local/bin/rsync -av --delete --stats --exclude=/run/ /var/
[> [[/backupvar/
[> [[> /usr/local/bin/rsync -av --delete --stats /usr/ /backupusr/
[> [[>
[> [[> Thanks again for any help.
[> [[>
[> [[>
[> [[> David Radovanovic
[> [[> WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc.
[> [[> -- Bright ideas for the Web!
[> [[> 249 Partition Street
[> [[> Saugerties, New York 12477
[> [[> (845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880
[> [[> http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com
[> [[>
[> [[>
[> [[> [-----Original Message-----
[> [[> [From: David Radovanovic [mailto:david.radovanovic@verizon.net]
[> [[> [Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:57 AM
[> [[> [To: Giorgos Keramidas; dave@whatsthebigidea.com
[> [[> [Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[> [[> [Subject: RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
[> [[> [
[> [[> [
[> [[> [If I'm reading this right the most suspictious culprit in /dev:
[> [[> [
[> [[> [-rw-r--r--   1 root    wheel     68960256 Feb  9 04:04 st0
[> [[> [
[> [[> [Any ideas?
[> [[> [
[> [[> [As far as CPAN is concerned, should I delete the files or
[> [[create a symlink
[> [[> [like you, to another partition with more space?
[> [[> [
[> [[> [Thanks for your time, I appreciate it :)
[> [[> [
[> [[> [
[> [[> [David Radovanovic
[> [[> [WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc.
[> [[> [-- Bright ideas for the Web!
[> [[> [249 Partition Street
[> [[> [Saugerties, New York 12477
[> [[> [(845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880
[> [[> [http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com
[> [[> [
[> [[> [
[> [[> [[-----Original Message-----
[> [[> [[From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:keramida@ceid.upatras.gr]
[> [[> [[Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:22 AM
[> [[> [[To: dave@whatsthebigidea.com
[> [[> [[Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[> [[> [[Subject: Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [[Please don't remove the Cc: of the list when replying.  I might not
[> [[> [[know the answer, or be too busy to read mail.  If you Cc: the list
[> [[> [[too, someone else will have a change to reply too.  Probably faster
[> [[> [[than me.
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [[On 2003-02-13 07:19, David Radovanovic
[> [[> [[<david.radovanovic@verizon.net> wrote:
[> [[> [[> [Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:keramida@ceid.upatras.gr] wrote:
[> [[> [[> [
[> [[> [[> [Start with:
[> [[> [[> [
[> [[> [[> [ rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20
[> [[> [[> [
[> [[> [[> [This will print the top-20 space consumers of your / filesystem.
[> [[> [[> [What's the output of this command on your system?
[> [[> [[>
[> [[> [[> rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20
[> [[> [[> 120903  /
[> [[> [[> 67460   /dev
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [[This looks odd.  Half of your / space is in /dev!  Look in
[/dev with
[> [[> [[`ls -l' and see which part of /dev takes up so much space.
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [[> 18464   /root
[> [[> [[> 17988   /root/.cpan
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [[CPAN crap.  This is why I don't use cpan at home, and if I
[absolutely
[> [[> [[have to use it, I symlink /root/.cpan -> /home/giorgos/.cpan :-(
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [[> 12228   /sbin
[> [[> [[> 10944   /root/.cpan/build
[> [[> [[> 5480    /modules.old
[> [[> [[> 5480    /modules
[> [[> [[> 4198    /root/.cpan/sources
[> [[> [[> 4094    /bin
[> [[> [[> 3446    /root/.cpan/sources/authors
[> [[> [[> 3328    /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id
[> [[> [[> 2514    /root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30
[> [[> [[> 2176    /stand
[> [[> [[> 1256    /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J
[> [[> [[> 1246    /root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30/blib
[> [[> [[> 1232    /etc
[> [[> [[> 1134    /root/.cpan/build/Class-MakeMethods-1.005
[> [[> [[> 966     /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC
[> [[> [[> 964     /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC/JCRISTY
[> [[> [[
[> [[> [
[> [[> [
[> [[>
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