topic Re: script to delete full file system in Operating System - HP-UX

script to delete full file system

kacou — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:29:44 GMT

i search a script which will permit me to delete a full file system (like /var when the % is 85 for exemple)

bests regards

Re: script to delete full file system

Pete Randall — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:34:21 GMT

rm -rf $1

Pete

Re: script to delete full file system

Patrick Wallek — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:47:44 GMT

I would never trust a script to clean up a file system is full. This is something that requires manual intervention.

**YOU** must look at the files in the file system and determine what can or cannot be deleted.

Re: script to delete full file system

MarkSyder — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:48:30 GMT

Are you sure you want to do this? I would sensible housekeeping on the /var filesystem rather than deleting files such as syslog.log and wtmp.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

Re: script to delete full file system

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:58:07 GMT

Hi:

Since you mention the '/var' filesystem, I'll mention how you can render your serve un-patchable!

Do _not_ manually manage the contents of '/var/adm/sw'. It is your IPD or Installed Product Database used by all the SD tools ('swinstall', 'swlist', etc).

To safely reclaim space in '/var' use:

# cleanup -c 1

...which will remove patches superseded at least once. This generally returns substantial space.

Regards!

...JRF...