On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 10:54:00PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > A general Linux question: why does Linux report 'out of space' error > > when it runs out of inodes? Can't it distinguish between the 2 > > conditions to give the correct message or is there some other issue? > > Just curious as I just go this after making 1,000,000 small test files > > and got this (du -m -i). > > Check out /usr/include/asm-generic/errno-base.h and see that the error > you are mostly likely getting is ENOSPC which gets translated to the > libc sys_errlist as "No space left on device". There is just the one > error code there, no space, and I believe is simply used generically > for both errors. There is no E-out-of-inodes error code. Therefore > no way for userland programs to report anything different. > Hi Bob, thanks for the pointer. So it seems like something that goes back aways in Unix land, at least if it is in a 'generic' code. So I'd expect to have the same thing in bsd, linux (and maybe win32?). Hmm. I cant think of why a full inode table would be treated the same as a full partition. Will have to look in some unix lore maybe... cheers, Kev > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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