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Re: Disk Space Issues



Op 9-5-2011 10:48, Daniel Linux schreef:
What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer.

Thanks,

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom Grace <lists-in@deathbycomputers.co.uk> wrote:
On 09/05/11 09:40, Daniel Linux wrote:
Yes, I need generic steps. After running   df -h   I know what
filesystem is almost full. What should I do?
du -h /fullfilesystem is a good start, possibly with --max-depth to limit the output.


With # du -h --max-depth=1 you can find what directory is taking all of the space. Next is take the right action, by emtying /  deleting the file, or moving the directory to an new disk.

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Kind regards,

Michiel Piscaer


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