root filesystem filling up

From: Jonathan Williams (jonathw_at_shubertorg.com)
Date: 05/21/03

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    Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 13:01:29 -0400
    To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov
    
    

    I've got a system here--Alphaserver ES40, running Tru64 5.1a (no patches). I
    was looking at disk space (or lack thereof), and noticed that the root
    filesystem is filling up--but I can't find out where the space is going. The
    root filesystem has been at the same
    %used for at least the last 6 months, but now all of a sudden something is being
    written here.

    I did an ls -tl on / and the only two directories with today's date on them are
    /proc and .sh_history. I figured if a file was being written or something, then
    the directory that it is in would have it's timestamp updated. I looked in the
    /tmp directory and found nothing of any significance. I also did a find
    . -mtime 1 -print but nothing really came up (except a bunch of stuff from
    /proc, and stuff from other filesystems).

    So I was just wondering how I could go about finding out what is using this
    space up? I'm sure there is some trick to it that I'm not aware of. Thanks in
    advance for any advice.

    Jonathan Williams
    Unix Systems Administrator
    The Shubert Organization, Inc.


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