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The real question... Why does Linux or at least the common filesystems get stuck so easily running out of disk space? Surely normal commands like `rm` should st

• nemo1618 6y ago
  > Surely normal commands like `rm` should still function They do. In my experience, the only disruption to most terminal operations is that tab completion will fail with an error.
  • hobofan 6y ago
    They sometimes don't. The article even acknowledges this: > Copy commands and even deletions can fail I've had that happen too many times, so I don't know why would fill up my disk with a hacky spacer file, which surely can also fail to be deleted when the disk is already full.
• npongratz 6y ago
  As recently as 2016 I experienced major problems using `rm` with an intentionally-filled btrfs (and current Linux kernel at the time), and per my notes, it was even mounted as `-o nodatacow`: # rm -f /mnt/data/zero.*.fill rm: cannot remove '/mnt/data/zero.1.fill': No space left on device