Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:46:50 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> To: Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a full /var system...thank you all Message-ID: <19990330104650.25638.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990327161941.009052b0@mail.utexas.edu> of Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:19:41 CST References: <3.0.5.32.19990327161941.009052b0@mail.utexas.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> 5) make sure it is safe to delete the file (I did "vi mgetty.cuaa1", > and noticed it was a bunch of calls to my serial port from > modem, and vice versa) Using vi or any other program that likes to read whole files into memory and/or make temporary working copies of files may not be the smartest thing to do when you have a space problem. If you do want to look at such a file, use something that just reads it a chunk at a time like less or more or head or tail or cat ... > 6) delete the file (the file in my case was 28MB!!!) > > MENTAL NOTE: FreeBSD took next to NO TIME deleting this file...I'm > impressed :-) There's nothing much to it, so it should be quick. It's not as though the actual data is removed. -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19990330104650.25638.qmail>