I use WinSCP to upload my website's pages to a remote Ubuntu Linux server (VPS xen hosting).
When I copy a file, it is written in the server with size=0.
When I checked the free disk space:
df -h
I got:
/dev/xvda with Avail=0% and Used=100%
I tried to check for deleted files with:
lsof | grep '(deleted)'
But the lsof command is not found.
What can I do next?
4 Answers
I tried: sudo du -h --max-depth=1 ./ And iterating down the tree, found that /srv/www/mysite.com/logs/access.log has size of 13G!!!! I deleted access.log with rm access.log. But df -h steel reports /dev/xvda 0% avail... Should I do anything else to finally delete the file?????
Now lsof should report deleted file. You should send HUP signal to http server using
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
In the future avoid this by editing /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 (enter correct path for your logs)
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Is there a way to limit the size of access.log file, so I can avoid this mess?– JoeCommented May 16, 2012 at 11:20
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As I mentioned look at logrotate file. It will hold only logs for the last XX days (rotate XX). Moreover logs older than 2 days will be archived.– krogonCommented May 16, 2012 at 11:28
The lsof command looks like it only lists files that are about to be deleted (because they are in use). Maybe lsof exists but is not in your path - try searching for it.
You could:
- delete files you don't need: try looking for large directores or files - see the command 'du'.
- ask for more space from the provider
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I tried: sudo du -h --max-depth=1 ./ And iterating down the tree, found that /srv/www/mysite.com/logs/access.log has size of 13G!!!! I deleted access.log with rm access.log. But df -h steel reports /dev/xvda 0% avail... Should I do anything else to finally delete the file?????– JoeCommented May 16, 2012 at 10:48
/dev/xvda is a disc path. Partitions should end with some number (ex. /dev/xvda1). Check in df in the last column if it is your root or home partition. "Avail=0%" tells you probably run out of free space. Check what is taking to much space using
du -sm <path>
For your home directory it would be
du -sm $HOME/*
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sudo du -sm / results with: cannot access '/proc/22858...' errors– JoeCommented May 16, 2012 at 10:23
You can use this command to find out what file or directory is using most of disk space
du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -10
The command work in the directory where you will start it. It shows 10 biggest files/directorys.
Use it on directory that you have suspicion that files in there are to big ie /var/log/ your home directory.
If you find nothing then something maybe wrong with your hdd.
UPDATE: If you have perl installed you can use this one liner:
du -k | sort -n | perl -ne 'if ( /^(\d+)\s+(.*$)/){$l=log($1+.1);$m=int($l/log(1024)); printf ("%6.1f\t%s\t%25s %s\n",($1/(2**(10*$m))),(("K","M","G","T","P")[$m]),"*"x (1.5*$l),$2);}'
lsof?