HD space and synbolicly linked files.

[josel]

Howdy!

I use filesystems to divy up my HD and each filesystem is used for a specific purpose. The application I support and maintain at work was written to create files in various directories. These are:

/prt
/prts
/rept
/repts
/u/appl/data
/u/appl/dly
/u/appl/spool

/u was the original server mounted filesystem. Since them, we have changed server and created

/data
/fpdev
/appl

And of course, we have the standard / and /stand

Since the code was hardcoded to use above mentioned directories as repositories, the quick solution I came up with was to link them to our current filesystems.

I am experiencing an our of hard drive error (for the root filesystem) even when it is only 22% used. I wonder if my doing this has anything to do with it.

I guess that what I wonder is which filesystem looses HD space as files are written to synbolically linked directories.

So, if /prt is linked to /appl/tmp/prt is the space used out of / or out of /appl?

Thank you all in advance for your assistance.


Jose Lerebours



KNOWLEDGE: Something you can give away endlessly and gain more of it in the process! - Jose Lerebours

 

[PHV]

Provided /prt was created like this :
ln -s /appl/tmp/prt /prt
, then the space is used out of /appl

Hope This Helps, PH.
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