Re: [Littlesnitch-talk] [OT] ices.log

[Armando Stettner]

If you are familiar with UNIX commands, you could go into the terminal 
application and run OD (piping to MORE) the file and see what's there.  
You then might use the activity monitor (or something else) to see what 
process is writing this file.  Is this file referenced in any of the 
system logs?

 armando
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From: "Michael Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 18, 2004 2:17:16 PM PDT
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Littlesnitch-talk] [OT] ices.log
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I'm at my wit's end, and before I go to Mac Managers, I thought I'd see 
if anyone on this list has any ideas. I need to throw this problem out 
to some informed folks, and for now, if you're reading this pathetic 
plea, you're more informed than I am :-]


 The short version: an invisible file called 
'DS9/private/temp/ices.log' is incrementally written, increasing in 
size until it approaches 87G and fills the startup disk. 'DS9' is the 
name of the drive.


 The long version: I have no clue what is writing this file. The 
obvious answer is Icecast, but I have never loaded that app on any 
computer. I DO stream audio with iTunes.


 I googled 'ices.log', learning nothing, and I hit the Icecast support 
forum, also with no luck. I also posted to Apple's support fora in 
several places with no luck; but I did learn about a very nice app 
called 'Whatsize' that helped me at least identify the reason that my 
startup drive was filling up [until then I had no idea why].


 I've been trying to identify by trial and error who is writing the 
file, but no luck yet. I was able to see the front [and rear] of the 
file in Terminal but learned nothing new.


 Anyone else have any ideas/clues/directions?

 Michael Spencer
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