Re: Please Help Fast! /VAR is Full !

From: Greg Bradner (gregb_at_rhythm.com)
Date: 10/29/03

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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:14:03 -0800

    14 04 * * * PROGRAMNAME > /dev/null 2>&1

    Add '> /dev/null 2>&1' to the end of the cron line.

    Craig Daters wrote:

    >You can as you say, 'rm *' to get rid of everything, but you might lose some
    >ligitamate email if you did. Can you move the files elsewhere? For the time
    >being? If you're not worried as you say, then go for it.
    >
    >You may be able to edit the cron config file to turn off the automatic email
    >but am unsure... Like change 'MAILTO=root' to 'MAILTO=/dev/null' or
    >something like that, but I would only do this as an extreme temporary
    >measure.
    >
    >On 10/29/03 10:47 AM, "Staven Bruce" <Staven.Bruce@valleyair.org> spoke
    >thusly:
    >
    >
    >
    >>I am running Red Hat 7.3 and I came in this morning and found /var was at
    >>100%. A quick 'du /var' showed that my /var/spool/mqueue directory as at
    >>145MB ! Usually my /var directory is at 46% on my machine, and I believe
    >>that this is all the result of a cron job I started yesterday that runs
    >>hourly.
    >>
    >>I really need to find out how I can clear the mqueue. The device is full
    >>according to the system, so I can't use 'sendmail -q'. I don't care if I
    >>loose all the messages in the que, they don't contain anything important and
    >>there are no other users on the machine besides myself. Can I 'rm * ' all
    >>the files in /var/spool/mqueue? I just need to get them out of there!
    >>
    >>Also, if someone can tell me how to turn off the automatic e-mail from cron
    >>I would appreciate it!
    >>
    >>Thanks,
    >>
    >>Staven
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >Craig D.
    >
    >
    > 

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