script to delete full file system

[kacou]

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

bests regards

[Pete Randall]

rm -rf $1


Pete

[Patrick Wallek]

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.

[MarkSyder]

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)

[James R. Ferguson]

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...which will remove patches superseded at least once.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...