No space left on device

Cause

While writing an ordinary file or creating a directory entry, there was no free space left on the device. The disk, tape, or diskette is full of data. Any data written to that device during this condition will be lost.

Action

Remove unneeded files from the hard disk or diskette until there is space for all the data you are writing. It might be advisable to move some directories onto another filesystem and create symbolic links accordingly. When a tape is full, continue on another one, use a higher density setting, or obtain a higher-capacity tape.

To create multi-volume tapes or diskettes, use the pax(1) or cpio(1) command; tar(1) is still limited to a single volume.

Technical Notes

The symbolic name for this error is ENOSPC, errno=28.