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Find and remove large files that are open but have been deleted

How does one find large files that have been deleted but are still open in an application? How can one remove such a file, even though a process has it open? The situation is that we are running a ...
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What logs would be written if file system is full in UNIX?

I am working on a unix server and I guess during some time in past the file system had been full. However, I need some solid data to prove it. Will there be any OS logs or something of that sort to ...
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/var House Keeping

Does anyone have any general advice or links for doing some house keeping on the /var filesystem on Unix and Linux servers? I have searched the issue quite a bit but can find no real concrete ...
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Does /var keep growing in size?

tldp.org quotes /var as: Files in /var/log can often grow indefinitely, and may require cleaning at regular intervals. So without cleaning, using a system for a long enough period will fill up ...