Big /proc problem

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday 29 September 2003 9:32 am, ahr1 at comcast.net wrote:
> Somehow I've done some not-so-wonderous things to my RH9 installation:
> I have a Monsterous (348Mb) /proc/kcore file which I cannot remove or
> edit down.  It is preventing me from using the system as it has filled
> the / partition to full.  I can't change permissions (even as root),
> rm it, or vi it. Two questions - what can I do to get rid of it? and,
> - any idea what is the underlying cause of this file's creation and
> expansion?  Any help will be appreciated.
> --

Be prepared to look embarrassed......

The kcore file is merely a map of memory and doesn't exist.  In fact, all 
of the 'files' in /proc don't really exist but are created by the kernel 
to hold information about the system (only while the system is up and 
running).

So /proc/kcore is not your problem.  Something else is.



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