SUMMARY:reclaiming space in /usr directory

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• Subject: SUMMARY:reclaiming space in /usr directory
• From: "Loo Guan Wee,Engineer,CSE" <Loogw@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:20:39 +0800
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Question:
Hi,
The /usr directory of my DECStation 5000/133 keeps expanding and its 
reaching the 100% usage mark. I tried to erase some 'big' files by 
"rm" them but the size doesn't seem to change at all. May I know how 
could I reclaim the space and which files should I delete if I have to 
manually remove them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

The advice I received is to reboot the system to terminate the 
processes that opened the deleted files in order to free the blocks - 
this works. To do so without having to reboot,  the system processes 
that open files for accounting and logging purposes such as "accton", 
"eli" , "syslog" etc should  be restarted or stopped after deleting 
the files.
Thanks again to all those who responded!

Regards,
Guan Wee

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