On Friday 12 February 2010 04:07 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 15:40 -0800, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> On Friday 12 February 2010 09:19 AM, Mikkel wrote: >>> On 02/12/2010 09:29 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >>>> >>>> lsof would allow you to find the processes that have the files open. And then >>>> you could kill those processes to release the space. It looks like you should >>>> be able to get size infomation of these files from lsof as well. So one >>>> could script looking for processes that have large files open. >>> >>> You might want to try using the +L1 and the -s options. It will >>> display the sizes of unlinked (deleted) files. >>> >>> lsof +L1 -s >> >> I am not entirely clear about this part, how does one end up with an >> un-named open file. To simulate the situation I tried to open a text >> file with an editor and then removed it with rm. But it doesn't show up >> in `lsof +L1' as I was expecting it to. Am I understanding this the >> wrong way? > > Editors can do funny things with backup files in the interests of > preserving your work. An easier test would be: > > cat> foo& > rm foo > lsof +L1 -s > > When I do this the "cat" process shows up (and foo is marked as > deleted). You can then reconnect to "cat" (using fg) and write stuff > into the "non-existent" file. Yes! worked wonderfully. Also when I tried `cat foo' while it was backgrounded, cat complained "No such file or directory". Which is exactly what we would expect. :) > > poc > Thank you everyone for all the responses. Can't help but admire with awe at the collective knowledge/wisdom of the list. ;) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
