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I have the following log file running since yesterday and its consuming so much of the disk space.

Code:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 dev dba 4543237120 Nov 10 09:00 load_run_file1_0.1111091224.lg

How do i kill this process. I don't have any idea of stopping this. Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks

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As a result, whenever am checking the logs of the other files. All i see is the 0 byte files. Please find the list of the log files below:

Code:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 dev dba 0 Nov 10 09:00 load_file2_0.1111100900.lg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dev dba 0 Nov 10 09:06 LOAD_file2_6017.lg

Does the process which was running since yesterday causing the other files from mal-functioning . Please shed some light on this.

Thanks

Moderator's Comments:

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If you're out of space, maybe.

Have you tried truncating the big log file?

Code:

: > /path/to/hugefile

Don't delete it, do that.

May be am running out of space..

Code:

ksh: /usr/bin/1234/load_run_file1_0.1111091224.lg: cannot execute

Copy and paste the entire line in the codeblock of Coronas post. The first characters are not some prompt but the "commands" that do the truncate.