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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 14:19:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To: "Wayne M. Barnes" <wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu>
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Subject: Re: slash filesystem full
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On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Wayne M. Barnes wrote:

> Dear FreeBSD,
> 
>      Why is my / filesystem unusably full?  I can't account
> for more than 13.3 MB, and I have room for 52 MB, yet it
> is unwritably full.
> 
>      FreeBSD 2.2.2. 
> How can I identify and/or free up the clogged space?

du -x / is your friend here, though all the other advice you've been
given works too.