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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
Date: 19 Nov 2024 19:34:01 GMT
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:57:00 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> The other day a daemon program spewed 2 gigabytes of log entries, all
> almost identical (the filename changed). The program was
> tracker-extract.
> 
> Currently there are many programs that spew chat like there is no
> tomorrow to syslog :-/

My favorite was a Windows process that repeatedly logged the C: drive was 
almost full -- to the C: drive of course. Cleaning up after it 
successfully committed suicide was fun.

We had a couple of programs that would politely check for disk space 
before running. That worked well for years before the first machines with 
TB+ drives showed up.  Back to the drawing board for the disk space 
calculation.