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Question: You notice that the amount of free space is getting low. When you check the contents of the /tmp directory you find several hundred files so you delete them. After deleting these temp files, you check the amount of free space, however, it has not increased. What should you do?
Choose one:

a. Move the /tmp directory to another partition.
b. Delete the partition containing the /tmp directory, recreate it and restore its contents.
c. Delete the /tmp directory and recreate it.
d. Run fsck on the filesystem containing the /tmp directory.

Answer: Answer: c

Directories will grow in size but they do not shrink. If a directory becomes too large, the only way to shrink it is to delete it then recreate it.

Answer: c

Directories will grow in size but they do not shrink. If a directory becomes too large, the only way to shrink it is to delete it then recreate it. Source: CoolInterview.com

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