Re: Freeing Space by deleting Java Dumps

[Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

replace the "rm -f" with "ls -la" is one way.

Bryan

K Crawford wrote on 6/21/2021 9:54 AM:
> I am not fluent in qsh commands.  If I read this correctly it will remove
> the files (rm).  If I just wanted to see a list first, what would the
> command look like?.
> Think it might be nice to know what created them.  Just in case I have a
> problem, I could troubleshoot it.
>
> Kerwin
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was somewhat shocked to learn that Java crashing on IBM i might leave
> > serious amounts of memory dumps around. I could spot and delete some Java
> > dumps in /QIBM on a around three years old 7.2 install, freeing about 33GB
> > of space in the go.
> >
> > I did it like this in qsh (or an ssh session):
> >
> > find /QIBM -name "*.dmp" -exec rm -f {} \;
> >
> > Blanks are important!
> >
> > Thanks to Yvan Janssens for that hint! He treated a small dev-LPAR with
> > around 300 GB from being 100% filled to around 20% filled.
> >
> > He's too busy to write this message, so we agreed I write it on his
> > behalf. Maybe some of you might benefit…
> >
> > :wq! PoC
> >
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