/var is getting full

[Amedee Van Gasse (on Ubuntu mailing lists)]

On Sat, October 10, 2009 17:33, Rashkae wrote:
> Alexandra Zaharia wrote:
>> 2009/10/10 Rashkae
>>> You're new around here aren't you?
>>
>> ???
>>
>> Even if I was new – which is not the case – what's it to you?
>>
>
> Your suggestion to reboot 'just in case' would only be appropriate as
> either parody or troll.  Especially in a cut and dry case like this,
> where all the used drive space has been identified and there is no
> mystery missing space caused by deleted but open files.

Rebooting when you can issue the sync command is like killing a fly with a
thermonuclear device.

Please read
$ man sync
$ info coreutils 'sync invocation'