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ENOSPC version 3, including all changes.
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!!!No Space left on device. |
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The device is full. Note that by default, on ext3 partitions, normal users cannot use up 100% of the disk space. 5% is reserved for root, so root has space to bzip2 files, move things around etc. This 5% margin also lowers the amount of fragmentation that occurs on a filesystem. This may mean that even though your partition may not be totally full yet, programs will complaing about being out of space. |
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Depending on your tools, they may say that "100%" of the disk is full at this 5% margin (and therefore you can have up to 105% of the disk being used), or they may only say 95%. |
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These settings can be changed with [tune2fs(8)]. |
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[Linux] offers a convenience for testing how code reacts to a full device in the form of <tt>/dev/full</tt>, a device which returns [ENOSPC] for any attempt to write to it. |
