This kind of problem can occur because processes can create and hold an open file descriptor, preventing the file’s inode from being relinquished and the associated disk space freed up. If you can’t ...

Want to do something with those crash dump files other than remove them? Want to extract some useful information without a lot of work? Take a look at Sun’s free crash analysis tool, scat. While “scat ...

To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...