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# 1  
Old 02-26-2014
File system full - not removed: No space left on device
Does anyone have any advise on trying to clean up a full filesystem? I can't rm any files because of the follow:

Code:
not removed: No space left on device

Any help would be very much appreciated.
# 2  
Old 02-26-2014
We dont know what filesystem, what was the file... What version of Solaris?
# 3  
Old 02-26-2014
Usually, if the file system is really full you need to pay attention, since removing a file may complicate the problem and it may be better to truncate a file first.

See also this thread: File system is full ..even though file is deleted | Unix Linux Forums | Red Hat
# 4  
Old 02-26-2014
Sorry, I should of included the version:

Code:
SunOS  5.11 11.1 sun4v sparc SUNW,T5240

Here is the output fo df -k

Code:
Filesystem           1024-blocks        Used   Available Capacity  Mounted on
rpool/ROOT/solaris      89802213    50722173           0   100%    /
/devices                       0           0           0     0%    /devices
/dev                           0           0           0     0%    /dev
ctfs                           0           0           0     0%    /system/contract
proc                           0           0           0     0%    /proc
mnttab                         0           0           0     0%    /etc/mnttab
swap                     4967128        2496     4964632     1%    /system/volatile
objfs                          0           0           0     0%    /system/object
sharefs                        0           0           0     0%    /etc/dfs/sharetab
fd                             0           0           0     0%    /dev/fd
rpool/ROOT/solaris/var
                        89802213      114331           0   100%    /var
swap                     5784384      819752     4964632    15%    /tmp
rpool/VARSHARE          89802213       31619           0   100%    /var/share
rpool/export            89802213          32           0   100%    /export
rpool/export/home       89802213          34           0   100%    /export/home
rpool/export/home/craigsky
                        89802213       97351           0   100%    /export/home/craigsky
rpool/export/home/don
                        89802213          34           0   100%    /export/home/don
rpool                   89802213          73           0   100%    /rpool

I'm hatin' life right about now.
# 5  
Old 02-26-2014
You may be able to truncate a file with : > filename since you have a working shell... This doesn't use any executables beyond the shell that's already running.

Of course, be very careful what you do that to!
# 6  
Old 02-26-2014
Is there anyway to do with a wildcard?
The command works, it puts the size to "0", which is a start.

What does
Code:
:>

do, I wasn't aware of this command.
# 7  
Old 02-26-2014
This assumes you are using sh, bash or ksh.
: is a builtin command that does nothing.
> is used to send the output of a command to a file
So : > filename runs the : command and sends the output to the specified file.

But you may have a runaway process that is trying use an infinite amount of space. If this is the case, the space disappear almost as fast as you free it. If that happens you need to track down the process and kill it.
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