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Space Control
Name: Jonathan Date: December 12, 2003 at 04:38:55 Pacific OS: Linux Red Hat 2.1 AS CPU/Ram: Intel 256
Comment:
Hello,
I'd like to know, how I can make a shell that control a use of space in a directory.
ie. I have a database that use a determined directory to store files, but I want when 60% of directory is used, want delete all files in a directory
Name: 3Dave Date: December 12, 2003 at 08:42:44 Pacific
Reply:
It's not really the directory that becomes full, more like the whole drive or partition that it resides on (unless of course you have a mountpoint in that directory).
You could create a simple script that checks disk usage and then deletes files depending on whether a specific size has been reached. Try a "du -hs /path/to/folder" to see if that will help.
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