What to Do If a File System Fills Up

When the root (/) file system or any other file system fills up, you will see the following message in the console window:

.... file system full

There are several reasons why a file system fills up. The following sections describe several scenarios for recovering from a full file system.

Reason Error Occurred	How to Fix the Problem
Someone accidentally copied a file or directory to the wrong location. This also happens when an application crashes and writes a large `core` file to the file system.	Log in and assume the `root` role, then use the `ls -tl` command in the specific file system to identify which large file is newly created and then remove it.

Reason Error Occurred	How to Fix the Problem
This can occur if `TMPFS` is trying to write more than it is allowed or some current processes are using a lot of memory.	For information about recovering from `tmpfs`-related error messages, see the `tmpfs`(7FS) man page.

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