That's because it's full of 'files' that are actually devices. You shouldn't scan /dev either.
Steve On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:14 +1200, Bevan wrote: > i dont think it is the /var/logs and most of the other directories > seem fine except the proc directory. When i scan that folder with du > there are folder which i cant scan even as root. > > > Regards > > > Bevan > > > In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows? > > > > > On 14 May 2012 09:25, C. Falconer <[email protected]> wrote: > Bevan Thomas wrote, On 05/14/2012 07:54 AM: > > dont know what it is but not sure if it was an update > or not but there is a program stealing bytes of space > and filling up my system partition. When i restart it > clears and starts filling up again. It seems to do it > at bytes at a time, so over a day or so i have a full > partition until i restart again. > > Can some one help me step the process to find this > rouge program or process? > > running ubuntu 12.04 > First, do a df -h and post the output so we can see > where the data is. > > > Then its a series of du -s / | sort -n | tail to see > the top 10 directories. > cd into that directory and repeat. > > > I suspect you'll find /var/log/ is the likely cause. > Find the log file that's growing fast, find out what's filling > it, and fix. > Then delete the log file and restart syslog or rsyslog to > release the file handle and the space. > > http://shell.clug.org.nz/caffeine-var.png this shows two > years of my /var usage, and when the earthquakes took out > power. > > (btw "rogue" unless you mean a kind of makeup) > > -- > Craig Falconer > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MNZCS <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] Skype: sholdowa
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