Root filesystem 100% full

[kevin at jibsheet.com (Kevin Falcone)]

>>>>> "RF" == Robert La Ferla <robertlaferla at attbi.com> writes:

RF> I am running a huge multi-threaded process that I redirected to a
RF> file in /tmp.  I did delete the file by mistake.  Could that be
RF> the cause of this?  Any ideas?  Unfortunately, I can't reboot
RF> because I have to wait till that process completes which may take
RF> days!

Although you deleted that file, it doesn't mean you freed the space.
The filehandle will still be open allowing the process to write to
disk.  When the process exits and the filehandle is closed, space will
be reclaimed.

-kevin

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