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Some filesystems can be unable to delete a file if full. Something to be a bit worried about.
by bombcar 7mo ago
Some filesystems can be unable to delete a file if full. Something to be a bit worried about.
- seized 7mo agoInstead of deleting the ballast file you can just truncate it. That works on ZFS when you fill the pool and delete starts failing.
- nagaiaida 7mo agounder what circumstances does deleting files fail on a full pool? i have one that fills up semiregularly and i've never had issues that required me to truncate files
- 6031769 7mo agoPlease name and shame those filesystems so that we will all be forewarned.
- deleted 7mo ago[deleted]
- SAI_Peregrinus 7mo agoAny Copy-on-Write filesystem can run into this. There's always some way around it, but it can be problematic if you only have one device, can't remember the steps to fix a full filesystem, and can't look up the steps because you can't launch a browser without it trying to make some files!
- _carbyau_ 7mo ago> and can't look up the steps because you can't launch a browser My early days of computing got easier when I had a second computer to look up the issues of the first computer.