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Re: "No space left on device"?
From: |
Dennis Jones |
Subject: |
Re: "No space left on device"? |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:18:12 GMT |
"Larry Jones" <address@hidden> wrote in message
news:address@hidden
> Dennis Jones writes:
>>
>> What does this error from CVS mean?:
>>
>> unable to write, file Makefile.in
>> No space left on device
>
> Most likely, it means that you're out of disk space for the server's
> temp directory.
Well, the volume that has my /tmp folder on it (where the cvs-servXXXXX
files go) has about 225MB free. I don't know if that is enough or not. I
was attempting to update a rather large directory tree and maybe that was
just too much for it (I had no idea CVS needed that must temp space to do an
update). I just did a test update on a small tree and watched the tmp
folder. The size of the cvs-servXXXXX file reached a maximum of about
7MB -- a long way from the 225MB available. Then I did another test on a
larger folder and watched it reach around 31MB. So I guess if I were
updating from the root level folder, it is possible that it could reach
225MB. I guess I should see if I can allocate more space for the tmp
folder.
> And please note that it's somewhat antisocial to ask for help on a
> mailing list without using a vaild return address.
Yes, I supposed that is true; but spammers love mailing lists, and I hate
spam. Besides, many (most?) people don't *want* direct responses via email
anyway -- they'd just as soon prefer a response via the list. I was, in
fact, on the CVS mailing list at one time, but it constantly over-crowded my
inbox to the point where I spent an inordinate amount of time sifting
through emails I didn't care about (most people find their time too valuable
for that). Consequently, I decided a long time ago to switch to the
newsgroup and use a bogus address to avoid spam. I don't mean to offend
anyone, but being perceived as "somewhat antisocial" is much less important
to me than avoiding unnecessary spam and over-crowding my inbox. And since
I can still read, answer questions, and get answers to my questions, in the
newsgroup as well as I could in the mailing list, I find the newsgroup much
more convenient and much less irritating.
- Dennis