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09-26-2013

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Unidentified File on /var Directory

Hi All,

I'm having problem with /var directory which is keep increasing. Here's the output of bdf and du command

Code:

# uname -a
HP-UX rppmis1 B.11.11 U 9000/800 1153414645 unlimited-user license
 
# bdf /var
Filesystem          kbytes    used   avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol8    2613248 2139568  473392   82% /var
 
# du -skx /var
1615552 /var

bdf and du command reported different size of used space, 2,139,568 - 1,615,552 = 524,016 KB. Can someone tell me how to find this file ?

Here's detail of /var directory

Code:

# du -skx /var/* | sort -k2
16      /var/X11
518344  /var/adm
408     /var/asx
4520    /var/dmi
152     /var/dt
0       /var/home
6160    /var/hp
0       /var/ifor
0       /var/lost+found
18320   /var/mail
0       /var/news
0       /var/obam
86048   /var/opt
0       /var/parmgr
118832  /var/patches
11376   /var/preserve
14336   /var/rbootd
24      /var/run
16160   /var/sam
1032    /var/spool
16      /var/statmon
768752  /var/stm
49872   /var/tmp
712     /var/tombstones
0       /var/uucp
304     /var/vx
96      /var/yp

FYI, this is what I've done to reduce size of /var directory
- nulling log file such as /var/adm/wtmp
- trimming /var/mail/oracle using vi editor
- delete file such as /var/preserve/Ex*
- delete /var/adm/crash/crash.5 directory and its content
- delete an application log file on /var/tmp, initially I tried to null it with "cat /dev/null > trasym.ulma" command but it didn't work so I delete it. After I delete it, this file appeared again with same size before the deletion. After several times of deletion, finally this file is disappeared. Unfortunately I forgot to check with "fuser" command when delete this file to ensure that the respective process is already stop

Appreciate any feedback from all. Thanks

stu33

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ppmtosixel(1)						      General Commands Manual						     ppmtosixel(1)

NAME

       ppmtosixel - convert a portable pixmap into DEC sixel format

SYNOPSIS

       ppmtosixel [-raw] [-margin] [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads  a  portable  pixmap  as input.  Produces sixel commands (SIX) as output.	The output is formatted for color printing, e.g. for a DEC
       LJ250 color inkjet printer.

       If RGB values from the PPM file do not have maxval=100, the RGB values are rescaled.  A printer control header and a color assignment table
       begin the SIX file.  Image data is written in a compressed format by default.  A printer control footer ends the image file.

OPTIONS

       -raw   If  specified,  each  pixel  will  be explicitly described in the image file.  If -raw is not specified, output will default to com-
	      pressed format in which identical adjacent pixels are replaced by "repeat pixel" commands.  A raw file is often an order	of  magni-
	      tude larger than a compressed file and prints much slower.

       -margin
	      If  -margin  is not specified, the image will be start at the left margin (of the window, paper, or whatever).  If -margin is speci-
	      fied, a 1.5 inch left margin will offset the image.

PRINTING

       Generally, sixel files must reach the printer unfiltered.  Use the lpr -x option or cat filename > /dev/tty0?.

BUGS

       Upon rescaling, truncation of the least significant bits of RGB values may result in poor color conversion.  If the original PPM maxval was
       greater	than  100,  rescaling  also reduces the image depth.  While the actual RGB values from the ppm file are more or less retained, the
       color palette of the LJ250 may not match the colors on your screen.  This seems to be a printer limitation.

SEE ALSO

       ppm(5)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1991 by Rick Vinci.

								   26 April 1991						     ppmtosixel(1)

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