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F5 BIG-IP configuration backup
Understood, Hamish.
When this issue presented, I reviewed a list of about three options, including cat'ing to dev/null.
Here are my notes from that issue: Internet posts identify concerns with having to reassign file permissions.
> /shared/tmp/mcpd.out did not produce the desired resutls. The file is still 41-GB in size. The “df -h” shows /shared as only 9% used now (good). If, however, the mcpd.out file is viewed (such as with more), the first 41-GB of the file is blank. In order to see the current entries, tail must be used.
What appeared to work (but didn't) was this: truncate /shared/tmp/mcpd.out --size 0
My notes end here. What I recall, however, is that the linux inodes were broken and the recover was to reboot.
I did not test cat. Do you foresee this breaking the inodes or causing any other issues, such as with permissions?
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