On Friday 12 February 2010 09:19 AM, Mikkel wrote: > On 02/12/2010 09:29 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >> >> lsof would allow you to find the processes that have the files open. And then >> you could kill those processes to release the space. It looks like you should >> be able to get size infomation of these files from lsof as well. So one >> could script looking for processes that have large files open. > > You might want to try using the +L1 and the -s options. It will > display the sizes of unlinked (deleted) files. > > lsof +L1 -s I am not entirely clear about this part, how does one end up with an un-named open file. To simulate the situation I tried to open a text file with an editor and then removed it with rm. But it doesn't show up in `lsof +L1' as I was expecting it to. Am I understanding this the wrong way? > > Mikkel > -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
