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Date:      Tue, 15 May 2001 18:59:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
Cc:        Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: full var directory
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010515185706.6182C-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0105151553140.9081103-100000@irix2.gl.umbc.edu>

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On Tue, 15 May 2001, G. Jason Middleton wrote:

> why is my damn var directory full?

In my experience, it's because root's mailbox (in /var/mail) gets filled
up with the stuff sent to root by cron every day. I log in as root every
once in a while and delete some mail; helps to keep things clear.

HTH.

--
Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
**                     [ Busy Expunging <-> ]


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