What to Do If a File System Fills Up

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. For information about how to routinely clean out old and unused files to prevent file systems from becoming too full, see Chapter 16, Managing Disk Use (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems.

Reason Error Occurred	How to Fix the Problem
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. For information about removing `core` files, see How to Find and Delete core Files in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems.

Reason Error Occurred	How to Fix the Problem
This can occur if `TMPFS` is trying to write more than it is allowed or some current processes are using a lot of memory.	For information about recovering from `tmpfs`-related error messages, see the `tmpfs`(7FS) man page.

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