Have RTx::Shredder, don't want dump file!

I know this is a terrible idea but I need to disable the dump file
RTx::Shredder normally makes. Our server is out of space and I need
to shred tickets but don’t have enough space to have a dump file. Any
ideas?

Thanks,
Alex

Hi Alex,

Perhaps symlink the normal dump file to /dev/null

mv /path/to/dumpfile /path/to/dumpfile.BAK

ln -s /dev/null /path/to/dumpfileOn 11/21/06, Alex Meyer apmeyer@doit.wisc.edu wrote:

I know this is a terrible idea but I need to disable the dump file
RTx::Shredder normally makes. Our server is out of space and I need
to shred tickets but don’t have enough space to have a dump file. Any
ideas?

Thanks,
Alex


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Alex Meyer apmeyer@doit.wisc.edu writes:

I know this is a terrible idea but I need to disable the dump file
RTx::Shredder normally makes. Our server is out of space and I need to shred
tickets but don’t have enough space to have a dump file. Any ideas?

Can you write to stdout, /dev/stdout or something like that and then redirect
it to /dev/null or, better, ‘ssh host_with_disk_space cat >dump_file’?

HTH,
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Can you write to stdout, /dev/stdout or something like that and then
redirect
it to /dev/null or, better, ‘ssh host_with_disk_space cat >dump_file’?

If you send it to stdout it’ll likely get logged in your apache logs or
something like that - which will just move your disk space problem to
another file. You can’t redirect it to two places though (stdout and
null).

Netcat might enable you to write it to a different host. Its been a while
since I’ve used netcat.

If its just one partition that’s full and you have other partitions with
space you could temporarily symlink the dump file to a file on another
patition.

HTH,


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I know this is a terrible idea but I need to disable the dump file
RTx::Shredder normally makes. Our server is out of space and I need
to shred tickets but don’t have enough space to have a dump file.
Any ideas?

Modify the shredder perl code so it doesn’t create the dump file?

Tim

Alex Meyer wrote:

I know this is a terrible idea but I need to disable the dump file
RTx::Shredder normally makes. Our server is out of space and I need to
shred tickets but don’t have enough space to have a dump file. Any ideas?

Can you mount an nfs share or a USB disk? Those would be
the quickest solutions to your problem. Probably also the
safest.

Scott Henson
LCSEE Systems Staff
WVU MAE Undergraduate
Ubuntu User