Re: [Evolution] Empty cache file

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Fri, 2022-01-07 at 11:00 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-01-07 at 09:28 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-list
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Jan 2022 23:56:03 +0100, Ángel wrote:
> > > Could it be that you filled your disk/partition/quota at the time
> > > it
> > > downloaded it?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > when running out of disk space and/or inodes Linux put out a "no
> > space
> > left on device" message.
> >
> > However, checking how much disk space and inodes are available by the
> > user's home directory can be done running
> >
> >   df -h ~; df -hi ~
>
> The '-i' option depends on the filesystem. On my BTRFS /home it shows:
>
> $ df -i /home
> Filesystem     Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
> /dev/sda3           0     0     0     - /home
>
> IIRC BTRFS can dynamically grow the inode pool as needed.

Hi,

yes [1], the opinions on using "pool" file systems for non-
server/desktop computers are divided. I consider such pools as a
disadvantage for a desktop computer (laptop etc.), a pool works out to a
server's advantage.

I never run out of inodes, excepted when building one package in a 400K
inodes or even 1.9M inodes tmpfs [2]. While it builds on disk, I still
don't update this package. To me such excessive usage of inodes for this
particular package is wrong.

That said, I doubt that the OP run out of inodes, but you never know.

Regards,
Ralf

[1]
"Are there filesystems that don't have inode limits?

Yes. Modern filesystems like Btrfs and XFS use dynamic inodes to avoid
inode limits. ZFS does not use inodes." -
https://scoutapm.com/blog/understanding-disk-inodes

[2]
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flat-remix/