On 13Jun2006 11:41, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | At 9:05 AM +0100 6/13/06, Paul Howarth wrote: | >On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 08:13 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote: | >> having an FC4 server and problems with /tmp: | >> df -m says, that /tmp 100% full. But if going to /tmp, calling "du -sm | >>*" and summarizing all sizes | >> gives a huge difference against the df command (the sum is about 10% of | >>the df-value). | >> | >> Remark: there are no .-files in /tmp so "du -sm *" fits all files in /tmp. | > | >You probably have a process running that has a a large open file in /tmp | >that has been deleted. The disk space is not recovered for use by other | >processes until the file is closed. | > | >Deleting an open temp file is a fairly common technique - it prevents | >other processes getting any access to the file. | | Could 10% be the root reservation? Almost certainly. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Sometimes, you're the windshield.... sometimes, you're the bug! - Mark Knopfler
