Re: [cobalt-users] /var is 80% FULL! Please help!

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Casselman, Chad <chad.casselman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have started getting messages that my file system is over 80% full.  I
> started looking around and found out that /var is using 155MB of is 190MB
> allowed space. After a little further probing I found that
> /var/log/analog.dns is using 145MB by itself.  I have no idea what this file
> is or what it does.  Can someone please explain to me what this file is and
> how to make it smaller.  On the same note, can someone explain to me how to
> give /var more space so this doesn't happen again?

Take a look at the thread on symbolic links from the last couple of day.  It had some
misinformation in it so make sure you read the whole thread.  You can use a symbolic
link to move the file to a less crowded partition (like /home) and symbolically link
the old location to the new location.  "man ln" to read up on "ln" in the online
manual.

Usage is like:

ln -s /pathtonewlocation /pathtooldlocation

First you will need to copy the file to the new location and delete the old copy.
Then you can create the symbolic link.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}