Re: Unable to delete files on ZFS volume

From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:48:07 -0500
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Mister Olli<mister.olli_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after filling up a ZFS volume until the last byte, I'm unable to delete
> files, with error 'No space left on the device'.
>
I had this problem once, and was able to solve it by using:

cat /dev/null > /path/to/file/to/remove

This truncated the file to 0, and then I was able to remove it.

Scot
Received on Sat Jun 20 2009 - 22:21:21 UTC

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