WYNTK: UNIX System Admininistrator

Look for temporary files that weren’t removed after they were created.

Sometimes, temporary files are kept in the directory you’re working in. For example, Emacs saves buffers to filenames with a tilde (~) suffix. Each file you edit has its own tilde file, so you’ll see both chapter1 and chapter1~ in a directory. These files are not removed when you quit Emacs. FrameMaker creates .backup files that aren’t removed when you quit out of the program.

If you and other users in your company frequently use an application that creates large temporary files, then you might talk to your system administrator about having them automatically removed on a periodic basis. For example, our system administrator has set it up so that FrameMaker .backup files are automatically removed when they are three days old.

File system is full

	When I get a message that the file system is full, the first thing I do is wait a few minutes and try again. Sometimes it was just a temporary situation. If I still have problems, I might try to delete files in another window. I try to delete the files within my same directory, since I figure that if it’s in the same directory then it’s probably on the same disk. I might delete all the Emacs tilde files or any temporary files I don’t need anymore, so I can make enough space to save my work.
	--Ellen Siever