Zero Bytes free on my hard drive

[NoOp]

On 03/05/2010 12:15 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 12:13 -0800, NoOp wrote:
>> On 03/05/2010 11:58 AM, Keith Clark wrote:
>> ...
>> > I don't believe this.  I cleared up so much space.  It read over 70GB
>> > free.  Now zero again.
>> > 
>> > I'm using the GUI Disk Usage Analyzer and it is showing my / full with
>> > only 285GB!  It is a 500 GB Drive.
>> > 
>> > I don't know what else to do here.  I cleaned probably 100-200 GB of
>> > space, but my drive only said around 60-70 GB free.  I started it this
>> > morning and just let it sit there while I was at work.  I come home and
>> > zero bytes free.
>> 
>> Do you by chance use sbackup?
>> 
>> 
> Yes, I have for over a year.

<http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&source=hp&q=sbackup+%2Bdisk+&btnG=Google+Search>

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sbackup/+bug/42142>
[sbackup doesn't check for/prevent full disk]

Have a look at this thread:
<http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/195909>
[suddenly filling of hd and no access to x]
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/195946

What is the result of:
$ df -h
and
$ sudo du /var | sort -nr | head -10
My guess is that you will find that /var/backup is the culprit.