Subj : Re: partition full - not really
To   : comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux
From : Pol
Date : Wed Jul 07 2004 09:00 pm

Rich Gibbs wrote:

> A file is only removed when the reference count goes to zero, which 
> obviously will not happen as long as any process has the file open.
> 

i suspected something like this. Therefore I tried to edit that file to 
delete content, but 'vi' took too long time to open the file so i gave up.

Is there a way to cut down file content without opening? E.g. using 'sed' ?

thank you
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Pol

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