[Chicago-talk] Script creates bad file when not run as root

Steven Lembark lembark at wrkhors.com
Wed Dec 13 21:32:29 PST 2006


Try a "df" on the filesystem. Normally a fraction of the disk
is reserved for the superuser when it is formatted (10% common).
If you are not EUID 0 then you cannot write to that space. If
your file is normally 1.5K then that may be the "free" space
on your system.

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