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From: richard@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Richard Artz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: How to lose a file using HP-UX's vi !!!!!!!!!
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Date: 24 Jan 91 05:07:07 GMT
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Rob Gabbard writes about vi and full disks:

I'd just like to mention that you are likely to also experience other problems
when a disk is full. Daemons and some commands are also likely to fail
when the file system fills up. 

If you can't get more disks, you might try:

	cd /users                    (or wherever)
	find . -name core -print     (to find space-wasting core files)
or
	find . -size +2000 -print    (to find 1Mb or bigger files)

Maybe you can compress some files with compress(1).

Also, HP-UX (and many Un*x implementations) will have poorer file
system response when a file system is nearly full.

Hope this helps,

Richard Artz / OSSD Learning Products / 303-229-2036 / richard@hpfcww.fc.hp.com
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