[oclug] Where did my free space go?

[Dave O'Neill]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 09:31:54AM -0400, Vytas Janusauskas wrote:

> node04:/dosworld/pent19/e $ tar cvf /dev/nul *

Your problem is that the 'null' device is /dev/null, not /dev/nul.  So,
you're creating a tar file named /dev/nul that will eventually fill up your
/ disk.

> After the error I have no free space left on /dev/hda1 partition.  Where 
> did it go?  I was under the impression that output to /dev/nul was just 
> discarded.  How do I reclaim my drive space?  Trying multiple find command 
> did not turn up any large file created within the last day.  Any idea what 
> name tar would have assigned to the output?

Just remove the /dev/nul file you created and you should get your disk space
back.  

-dave0
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