campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) (09/02/85)
A few weeks ago I posted a message (to net.unix-wizards only) describing a problem with mysteriously disappearing and reappearing disk space on my VENIX (V7 port) system. I got a few responses that were helpful in eliminating possibilities, but none that explained the problem. Well, it just happened again... 8,000 blocks just *zap* disappeared without a trace. This time I discovered that deleting my news history file (which claimed to be only about 32K bytes long) freed up the space! Of course, now that the file is gone I have no evidence to sift through. Next time it happens I'll know where to look (but it happens only about once or twice a month). Has anyone else ever seen the history file do this kind of thing? I am running 2.10.2 news under VENIX/86 (a fairly vanilla V7 port). Larry Campbell decvax!genrad The Boston Software Works, Inc. \ 120 Fulton St. seismo!harvard!wjh12!maynard!campbell Boston MA 02109 / / ihnp4 cbosgd ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvard.arpa