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- From: nlane@well.sf.ca.us (Nathan D. Lane)
- Subject: Re: /tmp Corrupted
- Message-ID: <BxBBIH.9z0@well.sf.ca.us>
- Sender: news@well.sf.ca.us
- Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
- References: <1992Nov5.225824.3656@netcom.com> <SK.92Nov6175046@sun4.thp.uni-koeln.de>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:56:41 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In the previous messages on this thread, it was mentioned that the /tmp file
- system was getting 100% full and doing a du showed it to be nowhere near
- full. I had the exact same problem and traced it down to an unconnected
- pipe. Since I was using a program language that I assumed would handle
- pipes correctly, I was totally mystified. Then I realized what the program
- was doing - simulated command line:
-
- xterm -e cat xxx | nroff -ms
-
- That is not the exact command line, because it does not reproduce the problem.
- I think it only happened when the file was non-existent.
-
- Obviously, this isn't allowed and "nroff" is the one that showed up in
- the process table. After I killed it, the /tmp file system was correct
- again. I have not verified my actual theory about broken/unconnected
- pipes causing the problem.
-
- -Nathan Lane
- Trico Title Company, Santa Barbara, CA
- nlane@well.sf.ca.us
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