On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 11:21, lisa ryan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can anyone tell me a quick way of finding out what may be causing the / file
> system to fill up ?
>
> I did a find on any large files, but it's still at 100% and I can't seem to
> bring it down.
>
> Thanks
> Lisa
>
Lisa,
How is the machine configured? Is there a separate /var partition, or
is it part of /? Same question for /tmp. If this is something new,
then the likely culprit is a log file or a temporary file of some sort
growing. If you cannot find and remove the file(s) causing the problem
then it is likely that some process has the files open; you will need
for the process to release the file before you can recover the space.
Try
lsof -s -r
to get a continuous listing of open files with their sizes. Parse
the output to find the large ones; this will also tell you what process
has the file open. A bit of a pain, admittedly. If you have suspect
processes you think are the problem, you can craft the lsof command
to report for those processes only.
- rick
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