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Operating Systems Linux Filesystem / (root) run ouf of space Post 302968308 by jim mcnamara on Monday 7th of March 2016 11:17:04 PM
Old 03-08-2016
du shows paths

Code:
 find / -type d | xargs du | sort -n | tail -20

This will run a while, but will show you a path for each directory, it chops off the list with the 20 largest directories. By largest I mean how much space the directory uses, this includes subdirectories. So with one subdirectory using lots of space each of the parent directories of the biggie will also show up in the list. Hence look for more than just one, I guessed 20, so one of them will likely be the bad guy directory itself.

If you are having problems with processes silently using space, consider implementing quotas on file systems you need to protect. Also, consider NOT having "ordinary applications" access to writable directories on the / FS. Put the directories somewhere else.
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 03-08-2016 at 12:23 AM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

uuaids

uuaids(8c)																uuaids(8c)

Name
       uucompact, uumkspool, uurespool, uupoll - uucp utilities

Syntax
       uucompact -ssystem
       uumkspool system ...
       uurespool [ -t# ]
       uupoll system ...

Description
       All of the commands are located in

       The  command  compacts  uucp  system spool directories and associated subdirectories. If system is ALL, then all existing uucp system spool
       directories are compacted.  Otherwise, only the specified system spool directory is compacted.  If no system is	specified,  is	compacted.
       If  is stopped before it is finished, it can be restarted without reprocessing directories.  The command continues processing where it left
       off during it's previous instantiation.

       The command makes a per system spool directory and associated subdirectories for each of the specified systems.	For example, if system	is
       mk3 and if the local system name is penny, the following directories are created:
	       /usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3
	       /usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/C.
	       /usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/X.
	       /usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/D.
	       /usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/D.penny
	       /usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/D.penny
       The  command  moves files from old spool directories to	new spool directories.	Because the structure of the spool directories has changed
       from older versions of it is necessary to respool old spooled files to new spool directories in at least two instances:

       o    When installing the current version of

       o    When creating a new system spool directory for each system.

       In the latter case, it is necessary to move files from to the new spool directories.  To ease this task, moves files that have been spooled
       in  one	of 4 formats and respools them under the new spooling structure.  The format is specified by the -t# option, where the number sign
       (#) can be any one of the following:

       o   Original spool - All files are in

       o   Split spool - Contains the subdirectories

       o   Modified split spool -  Contains all subdirectories listed in split spool, and

       o   Used when a new system directory has been created and spool files must be moved from the DEFAULT directory to the new system directory.

       The command forces a connect attempt to the named systems even if recent attempts have failed, but not if the file prohibits the call.  For
       example, the file will prohibit the call if it is the wrong time of day.  Thus, the should be monitored for messages about the connection.

Files
       Spool directory

       Logfile

See Also
       mail(1), uucp(1c), uux(1c)

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