What could this error mean?

what is the /hda6 file, and how is it 91% full


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Drive Critical: /hda6 (/tmp) is 91% full

 

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rm -rf tmp/*

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so i have to clear my tmp files

 

yep, that's exactly right .....

also, I made a mistake, it's /tmp/* not tmp/*

 

You could also track down the space hogs with the "du" program. Just do..

cd /tmp
du -sh * | less

and go through each of them, clearing out the unnecessary files.

 

It is usually a good idea to not just remove everything in /tmp as it can remove PHP sessions (if they are stored there) and other things like mod_gzip cache files that are in use. I would second ub3r's recommendation to see what is taking up space.

 

Maybe you can check why your tmp is taking up space so fast too.

 

Any session data that is being used can be recreated by whatever created it, it's true that you should probably look into it however deleting all the crap in tmp to restore service is also a good idea......

 

/hda6 isnt a file it is your hard drive on your server.