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
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