Re: OSX Server 4.10: hidden HUGE Log file

From: Dana E Keil <dana_at_are.berkeley.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:25:58 -0700

At 8:53 AM -0700 8/29/07, Pedro Alvarez Jr wrote:
>Hi All,
>This happened to me once before but I can't remember where the file
>was located to delete it.
>All of a sudden I'm getting messages that my disk is full. It's a
>40gb partition and I know that there aren't 40 gb of 'real' stuff on
>it. There was a hidden log file that was huge probably > 10 gb
>that once I deleted it all was well again.
>This ever happen to anyone else and where can I find this file
>Thanks!
>-Pete

I would probably use Terminal and the "find" utility. Logged in as
root or using sudo, issue the command "find / -size +1000000000c -ls"
-- that will locate everything on the disk over a gigabyte or so.

--
Dana
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