On 1/30/2013 6:54 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > I had a problem that generated A LOT of messages in syslog and it grew untill > the entire /var partition had 0 bytes free. > The /var/log/syslog file was over 4GB large. I deleted it using a simple rm > /var/log/syslog command and the file is indeed no longer there. > The du /var/log -s command shows a decrease of over 4GB so that seems to > confirm it but.... > > There are still 0 bytes free on the /var partition as the df command shows. > root@linutr:~# df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/vgroup1-lvroot > 4805760 1306860 3254780 29% / > tmpfs 3058148 0 3058148 0% /lib/init/rw > udev 3052820 184 3052636 1% /dev > tmpfs 3058148 0 3058148 0% /dev/shm > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 282599 28719 239288 11% /boot > /dev/mapper/vgroup1-lvusr > 4805760 472984 4088656 11% /usr > /dev/mapper/vgroup1-lvvar > 9611492 9611492 0 100% /var > root@linutr:~# > > Also there is still no nerw syslog file, probably because the filesystem > shows 0 bytes free. > /var is an ext3 partition > > Should I just unmount /var, and run fsck.ext3 /var or is there something else > I should do first? > Is there maybe some background process that is still running through all > inodes freeing up the 4+GB diskspace?
You probably simply need to run 'sync' and give the disks time to free all the extents used by the 4GB syslog file. Sync shouldn't return until all pending writes are flushed. So when sync returns you should be all set. Linux does extensive IO buffering, which is probably the cause of what you're seeing. sync should dix it by forcing a flush of all outstanding writes. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51091c1e.1040...@hardwarefreak.com
