Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:20:59 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: var out of space Message-ID: <17797.39067.806508.359566@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0612171110x4a9549deu936a92700186e016@mail.gmail.com> References: <00190780-C6FE-42DB-9AD8-5D985625545F@pixilla.com> <d7195cff0612171110x4a9549deu936a92700186e016@mail.gmail.com>
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illoai@gmail.com writes: > More to the point, you might want to find out what is > filling your /var as that is quite a lot of space being used > if you are not running a mailserver. > du -d1 -h /var (as root) should give you some clues. Allow me to suggest instead: du /var | sort -nr | head -n 25 Run daily (or even weekly), you can become familiar with what's using space and have a chance to notice when things change. Robert Huff
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