Re: [andrmuel@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE: 'rm' doesn't terminat anymore]
On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 10:57:24AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Andreas Mueller <andrmuel@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE> -----
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> I have used the program cdda2wave.
> I gues that it will create big files (about 50MB and more).
> After my tryings I deleted my big files:
>
> rm "big file"
>
> But rm doesen terminate. I couldn't kill or stop it.
> I try'd to shut down the system but it didn't work.
> More and more systempower becomes eaten by the rm-programm.. :-(
Linux can take a *long* time to delete large files (I havn't had any
problems personally even with 230MB files (a recursive grep piped to the
current directory ;-)) I believe that rm also starts taking large amounts
of memory up too. This could cause your machine to swap heavily - have a
look at "vmstat -n1".
Adrian
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