[nflug] uhoh

[eric]

/proc/kcore is at 805M

joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:

> When we last left our adventurers...
>
>> well I thought I only had 500M but I guess that can't be right unless
>> swap took over??
>
>
> I'm not 100% sure on this, but my understanding is that it is the size
> of all used memory. swap and otherwise. So it should equal
> the totals you get if you add up your used memory from the "free"
> command.
> Either way, it doesn't take up disk space. Nothing in /proc does.
>
>>
>>
>> joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:
>>
>>> When we last left our adventurers...
>>>
>>>> ok this seems strange "/proc" is 775M
>>>>
>>>> any clues?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How much RAM do you have? Its probably mostly kcore.
>>>
>>> http://www.unixguide.net/linux/faq/04.16.shtml
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark Musone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It is taking so long because "*" in / will also match and count the
>>>>> files in
>>>>> /home,/tmp,/usr, and /var.
>>>>>
>>>>> Manually put in the directory names, omitting those directories that
>>>>> are on
>>>>> other disks:
>>>>>
>>>>> In the following case of my / directory:
>>>>> -bash-2.05b# ls
>>>>> bin  boot  dev  etc  home  initrd  lib  local  lost+found  mnt
>>>>> mnt2  proc
>>>>> root  sbin  tftpboot  tmp  usr  var
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "du -sk bin boot etc initrd lib local mnt mnt2 root sbin"
>>>>>
>>>>> It'd be a lot faster.
>>>>>
>>>>> Same thing with "find", issue the -xdev option to stay in just the /
>>>>> filesystem
>>>>>
>>>>> "find / -xdev -size +100K"   ...etc..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] On
>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>> eric
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:21 PM
>>>>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nflug] uhoh
>>>>>
>>>>> the commands are working so incredibly slow I decieded to delete some
>>>>> "safe stuff" I have a webmin directory in /root that has been
>>>>> their all
>>>>> along so I started to get rid of some files and the commands "find"
>>>>> "du"
>>>>> are still moving like snails, I tried du -s * from the / dir ...it
>>>>> had
>>>>> been running for a half hour so I zapped it with ctrl z and tried to
>>>>> delete some more stuff out the webmin dir.  So, I have a new
>>>>> question:
>>>>> could something on the system be creating a file or files
>>>>> constantly or
>>>>> can the 251M that was alotted over spill on the / dir and I have to
>>>>> delete down to 251M like memory is waiting to write to the hard
>>>>> drive?
>>>>> I slap my hands everytime I think I want to just restart the server
>>>>> typical windows brainwashing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Eric
>>>>>
>>>>> Darin Perusich wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> or it could be /root.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David J. Andruczyk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cd / ; du -s *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Odds are it's /lib/modules filled up if you have several kernels
>>>>>>> installed..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --- eric <eric at bootz.us> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> File system            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>>>>>>>> /dev/hdc3             251M  251M     0 100% /
>>>>>>>> tmpfs                 758M  4.0K  758M   1% /dev/shm
>>>>>>>> /dev/hdc8             101G   12G   85G  12% /home
>>>>>>>> /dev/hdc7             358M  8.1M  331M   3% /tmp
>>>>>>>> /dev/hdc4             4.6G  516M  3.9G  12% /usr
>>>>>>>> /dev/hdc5             2.8G  1.6G  1.2G  58% /var
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My / directory is stuffed, I already have /var/logs linked into a
>>>>>>>> /home dir
>>>>>>>> how do I take out the trash sort of speak, I guess I should really
>>>>>>>> know what the culprit file or files that caused the fill up as
>>>>>>>> well
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>>> eric
>>>>>>>>
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