wipe and srm are possibilities too; although I would think there would be a better solution to this. -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Shawn Fertch <sfertch at gmail.com> wrote: > You can't delete an open file and expect the size to be freed up. You > either need to simply zero the file by catting /dev/null into it (not > recommended for historical purposes), or rotate the logs. Look into > logrotate, it'll resolve your problems. > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: >> >> It was a hack attempt in the first place - a simple delete… but I could >> add restart of apache into the mix… maybe that will resolve it? >> >> On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Shawn Fertch <sfertch at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is more of a hack solution, and doesn't do anything to resolve the >> real issue. It sounds more like the file is open, and being deleted, which >> doesn't remove the inodes. >> >> How is the log file being cleaned out? Zeroing it, logrotate, or some >> other method? Does the application need to be bounced briefly, or would >> simply zeroing the file do the trick? >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there a way to reset this without rebooting the server every 60 >>>> minutes? >>> >>> >>> A umount/mount cycle on that fs will typically clear out this sort of >>> thing. *If* you keep your logs on a separate fs (which everyone *should* be >>> doing) it's faster than a reboot, but obviously not ideal, as it may require >>> a bit of downtime each cycle. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -Shawn >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > > > -- > -Shawn > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >