var is mysteriously clogged

[John Sellens]

| [root at localhost ~]# cd /var
| [root at localhost var]# du
| 37M     .
| 
| [root at localhost var]# df
| Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
| /dev/hda6             1.9G  1.8G     0 100% /var

You likely have a process with a big open, removed file in /var.
File space is not actually reclaiming until the last link to it
is removed, and the last open file descriptor is closed.

So, for example, if you have a big log file that, say, apache
has open, you can't reclaim the space just by removing the file.
You also have to cause apache to close the file.

Try "lsof /var" and look for a likely culprit.


Cheers!

John
(wondering why I'm reading mail at 1:30am on boxing day)
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