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Old 03-13-2005, 09:27 AM   #16
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sorry typo

deleting the /tmp directory in single user mode can be done WITHOUT A RESCUE DISK.
 
Old 03-13-2005, 01:27 PM   #17
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chbin, please edit your posts, rather than constantly adding new ones.... have you not seen the edit button??
 
Old 03-13-2005, 01:33 PM   #18
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Originally posted by chbin
deleting everything /var will break stuff unless you recreate the directory structure and touch certain files that need to be there. For instance, if you delete a file that is being used by syslog then even after reboot syslog wont recreate it, unless you do a touch file first.
Sorry, forgot to mention that, just empty any huge logfiles you may find.
 
  


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