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Re: Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space [message #180108 is a reply to message #180106]

Tue, 08 January 2013 03:47

Peter H. Coffin
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:49:30 -0800 (PST), faraz(at)squashclub(dot)org wrote:
> There was some disk space issues with my server. As a result any script
> I had that opened a file for writing would clobber it i.e truncate it to
> zero length . Since there was no space left on device, nothing would be
> written to it.
>
> Are there any workarounds to this? Here is some code I came up, but it is untested as I currently have disk space on my account:
>
> /////////////////////////////
>
> function check_disk_space() {
>
> global $home_dir;
>
> $fp = fopen( "$home_dir/cgi-bin/scripts/check_disk_space" , "w" );
>
> fwrite ($fp, 'hello world' ) || die_sub ( 'Error checking for disk space' );
>
> fclose ($fp) || die_sub ( 'Error checking for disk space' );
>
> // unlink ( 'check_disk_space' );
>
> } // end function

Freeing up some space on the device is out of the question?

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		Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space By: faraz on Mon, 07 January 2013 23:49
		Re: Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space By: Adam Harvey on Tue, 08 January 2013 01:07
		Re: Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space By: Peter H. Coffin on Tue, 08 January 2013 03:47
		Re: Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space By: Anders Wegge Keller on Tue, 08 January 2013 08:16
		Re: Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 08 January 2013 15:26
		Re: Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space By: Twayne on Tue, 08 January 2013 18:01
		Re: Files getting clobbered when I run out of disk space By: M. Strobel on Tue, 08 January 2013 22:20

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