On Tuesday 02 January 2001 08:30 am, you wrote:
> Kelley Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > while compiling a kde application the compiler created a 320 MByte
> > /proc/kcore file. It filled up my hard drive and then crashed. How can
> > I reset this file to a small size or remove it?
>
> Having said all that just a moment ago about /proc - now lets look
> at your real problem - your compile died.
>
> How much free space do you have on your partitions before the compile?
> (And how many partitions...) Which partition(s) ran out of room?
> (using df)
You're both right. I just forgot what the proc directory was for. What
happened was two files were created at the crash both the same size. The
compiler came up with a message about no memory left. I assumed (oops) the
other was also on my hard drive.
