On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 11:28:31PM +0200, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 11:07:03PM +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I have a problem with my partition /var which seems to be too small. > > When it is full my system deosn't work fine, for example: fetchmail can't > > download my messages in /var/mail/mylogin. > > To solve the problem temporarily, I have removed the biggest files in > > /var/log/. > > How can I solve this problem neatly ? > > Thinks in advance for your reply or for a link which gives me a hint > > for good solution ? > > > > "df -h" displays : > > > > Sys. de fich. Tail. Occ. Disp. %Occ. Mont? sur > > /dev/hda2 464M 139M 302M 32% / > > tmpfs 253M 0 253M 0% /dev/shm > > /dev/hda3 3,2G 1,7G 1,4G 55% /usr > > /dev/hda6 92M 22K 87M 1% /tmp > > /dev/hda7 464M 411M 29M 94% /var > > /dev/hda8 1,9G 530M 1,2G 31% /home > > /dev/fd0 1,4M 745K 679K 53% /floppy > > > > "du -hs /var" displays > > > > 89M /var > > > > 411M != 89M ? > > I guess there is a program running that still has some removed files > open. Try restarting sysklogd, or rebooting. > > Frank
Thanks Frank, when I reboot it's ok: 89M = 89M :-). But I would like to know if I could get the same result by an other way. Thanks again. -- Gerard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
