[PLUG] Odd disk space error

AthlonRob AthlonRob at axpr.net
Wed Feb 11 21:40:02 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 21:30, Matt Alexander wrote:

> Yep...  I'm out of inodes...  I had a Perl script running that was in fact
> creating a bajillion little files.  So is there a way to increase my inode
> stockpile?  Or do I need to reformat the partition with more inodes...?

tar up the itty bitty files?

It isn't that you'd need to reformat with more inodes, really... you'd
need to reformat with *smaller* inodes (hence making more).

I'd tar up the itty bitty files, though... maybe in a RAMdisk if you
can't spare the inodes to do it.  :-)

Good luck.

Rob





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