> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of > JCARRIZOSA at Crutchfield.com > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 18:52 > To: CentOS at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] What is writing to my filesystem > > I have a CentOS 5.2 box that every few months runs out of > drivespace on its root filesystem. Last time I manually > searched and deleted some big files, but don't remember what > they were or what wrote to them. The applications I'm aware > of on the box don't write to /. Not much help, but every time we have "this" problem, it is in /var/log > > Is there a way to find the files that get written to the > most, or grow the most over time? Doing a df gives me a > snapshot, but it seems clunky to keep track of the diff on > that output over time. I can then see what processes write to > them. Any other ideas on how to investigate this are welcome. du -s /* > > Thanks much. > > Jorge > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.