/var got really big

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> 
>> By the way, the problem you're having, that of running out of space on
>> /var, illustrates why using LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is a good idea.
>> LVM makes shrinking or expanding filesystems much easier. If your /var
>> and say, /home, are on logical volumes, assuming you have room to spare
>> on /home, you could shrink /home and expand /var, if you needed to. 
> 
> Afaict, it just isn't that simple.  Because LVM volumes can be expanded or
> contracted easily, but the filesystem can't... (I think most of them can be
> expanded, but contraction is more awkward).

I've shrunk and expanded ext3 filesystems without incident many times
but I always back up and unmount the filesystem first.
-- 
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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