When the root (/) file system or any other file system fills up, you will see the following message in the console window:
.... file system full |
There are several reasons why a file system fills up. The following sections describe several scenarios for recovering from a full file system. See Chapter 28, Managing Disk Use (Tasks) for information on routinely cleaning out old and unused files to prevent full file systems.
Reason Error Occurred |
How to Fix the Problem |
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Someone accidentally copied a file or directory to the wrong location. This also happens when an application crashes and writes a large core file into the file system. |
Log in as superuser and use the ls -tl command in the specific file system to identify which large file is newly created and remove it. See "How to Find and Delete core Files" to remove core files. |
Reason Error Occurred |
How to Fix the Problem |
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This can occur if TMPFS is trying to write more than it is allowed or some current processes are using a lot of memory. |
See tmpfs(7FS) for information on recovering from tmpfs-related error messages. |