Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:11:47 +0100 From: Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent: filesystem "full", though space is available Message-ID: <20080317171147.GL11823@trusted-logic.com> In-Reply-To: <20080317123343.84c613c1.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <878724.45020.qm@web53408.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20080317161013.GE42595@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <e27a91b40803170922w6a5a57b1j105ff0f04e0db995@mail.gmail.com> <20080317122525.5b3d634f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080317162944.GD4295@dan.emsphone.com> <20080317123343.84c613c1.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Le Mon 17/03/2008, Bill Moran disait > In response to Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>: > > > In the last episode (Mar 17), Bill Moran said: > > > In response to "Armando Cambra" <acambra@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > Or try to find the culprit with lsof (can't remember the options). > > > > You will see some processes using files you don't have --> kill > > > > that process and your space will be freed. > > > > > > You can also use fstat if you don't wan to install Linux software on your > > > BSD system. > > > > The l in lsof doesn't stand for Linux :) lsof is bsd-licensed > > actaully. > > True, but not my point. > > lsof is like wget ... it's built into almost every Linux distro. Thus > you see lots of people suggesting your install lsof and wget on BSD > systems with no mention of fstat and fetch. Even if lsof is BSD > licensed, it's really a Linux program on account of how it's used. > > fstat, in particular, is just as useful as lsof in every case I've needed > it. I use lsof to get the list of removed files still open (lsof +L1, useful after a port upgrade to check wether all upgraded daemons indeed restarted). It seems it's not possible with fstat. -- Erwan
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