Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 09:17:10 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: SimsS@IBM.Net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: weekly run output - strange error Message-ID: <19980628091710.P23035@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <000501bda1c8$6ff1f160$e7acf9c7@Elvis.RatsNest.VaBeach.Va.Us>; from Steve Sims on Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 08:38:06AM -0400 References: <000501bda1c8$6ff1f160$e7acf9c7@Elvis.RatsNest.VaBeach.Va.Us>
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On Saturday, 27 June 1998 at 8:38:06 -0400, Steve Sims wrote: > Can someone tell me why I get the following failure message every time > rc.weekly runs: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Root [mailto:root@gw.blah.blah.blah] > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 1998 2:32 AM > Subject: gw weekly run output > > > Rebuilding locate database: > updatedb: locate database /tmp/_updatedb10629 is empty > > Rebuilding whatis database: > > Cleaning up kernel database files: > ----- end ----- > > I've poked around a little in the man pages, and I can't even find a > reference to the tmp file(s) that are trying to be referenced..... > > FWIW: I'm running FreeBSD-STABLE and typically CVSUP it every couple of > days. This error message has plagued me since the machine was built last > March; now it's starting to irk me! It looks to me as if your /var/tmp file system filled up. It would seem that under these circumstances there should be an error message to this effect, but I can't confirm this. Rebuilding the locate database takes up a lot of space--I had 30 MB in /var/tmp, and it wasn't enough. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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