Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!dave From: dave@sgi.com (dave "who can do? ratmandu!" ratcliffe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: /debug directory -- what is it? Keywords: DBG(4): dbg, debug - the debug file system Message-ID: <1990Oct2.152622.20175@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: 2 Oct 90 15:26:22 GMT References: <901001113629.21202546@FEDC06.FED.ORNL.GOV> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 21 In article <901001113629.21202546@FEDC06.FED.ORNL.GOV> RUITERJR@FEDC06.FED.ORNL.GOV ("To Thine Own Self be True.") writes: >Hello all, > > What is the /debug directory for? I've looked through the >manuals and can't find anything on it. Seems its taking up a rather >large portion of our disk space, but I've never seem much of it used. > > Anyway I can reduce its space (or is this even desirable?) ? neither of the other responses mentioned: check out the DBG(4) man page on the debug file system. -- daveus rattus yer friendly neighborhood ratman KOYAANISQATSI ko.yan.nis.qatsi (from the Hopi Language) n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life out of balance. 4. life disintegrating. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.