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Operating Systems Solaris / file system full issue Post 302277432 by incredible on Friday 16th of January 2009 09:35:50 AM
Old 01-16-2009
Unix doesnt actually release the space taken by deleted files until the last reference to them is gone.
This includes processes having the file open.

The usual cause is large log files that are still being written into.

So the only work around to rebooting is to stop and start the application in question.
Or otherwise persuade it to "rotate" its logfile.
Some application will do this on receiving a HUP or provide another mechanism to do the same thing.

you could also run a find in the /proc filesystem & looks for any open file with link count 0. this file is at fault. then find the process holding the file & restart the process. Something like: find /proc -type f -links 0 -ls
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

gdm-safe-restart

gdm-restart(1m) 						   User Commands						   gdm-restart(1m)

NAME

       gdm-restart, gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop - stop or restart GDM

SYNOPSIS

       gdm-restart

       gdm-safe-restart

       gdm-stop

DESCRIPTION

       gdm-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a HUP signal to the GDM daemon. This command immediately terminates all sessions and logs out
       users currently logged in with GDM.

       gdm-safe-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a USR1 signal to the GDM daemon. GDM is restarted as soon as all users log out.

       gdm-stop stops GDM by sending a TERM signal to the GDM daemon.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gdm-restart    Executable to stop and restart GDM

       /usr/bin/gdm-safe-restarExecutable to stop and restart GDM safely

       /usr/bin/stop	       Executable to stop GDM

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-display-mgr	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gdm(1), gdmXnestchooser(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmphotosetup(1), gdmsetup(1), gdmthemetester(1), gdmconfig(1m)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    1 Sep 2004							   gdm-restart(1m)
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