Very strange... swap files were moved to a trash folder on the swap partition. a new one on me. it wasn't a prank either. I was wondering why I was running out of swap so quickly and why my 500MB partition was 77% full *after* reboot. Here is the answer:
[sephira:~] root# cd /swap [sephira:/swap] root# df -k . Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/disk0s9 511928 398672 113256 77% /Volumes/swap [sephira:/swap] root# ls -al total 156288 drwxrwxrwx 8 root staff 272 Jan 22 21:35 . drwxrwxrwt 6 root wheel 204 Jan 22 21:36 .. -rwxrwxrwx 1 jax staff 6148 Jan 22 21:33 .DS_Store d-wx-wx-wx 3 root staff 102 Oct 20 18:46 .Trashes -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 1024 Jan 22 21:35 Desktop DB -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 2 Jan 22 21:35 Desktop DF -rw------T 1 root staff 80000000 Jan 22 21:34 swapfile0 [sephira:/swap] root# cd .Trashes/ [sephira:/swap/.Trashes] root# ls -l total 0 drwx------ 6 jax staff 204 Jan 22 21:21 503 [sephira:/swap/.Trashes] root# ls -l * total 625024 -rw------T 1 root staff 80000000 Jan 19 22:14 swapfile0 -rw------T 1 root staff 80000000 Jan 19 23:16 swapfile1 -rw------T 1 root staff 80000000 Jan 20 14:35 swapfile2 -rw------T 1 root staff 80000000 Jan 20 18:29 swapfile3 [sephira:/swap/.Trashes] root# rm -rf * [sephira:/swap/.Trashes] root# df -k . Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/disk0s9 511928 86160 425768 16% /Volumes/swap [sephira:/swap/.Trashes] root# If anyone has seen this before, please let me know. --- /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ /_/ Jacques Brierre [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. /_/ /_/ See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html /_/ /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
