terminfo database

2007-12-25 11:04:00

Thanks Casper Dik and Dean Garner...

Both pointed me to /usr/share/lib/terminfo/.

Additionally, Casper suggested I use truss to

debug these types of problems.

I used truss and it clued me in to the fact that

/usr/share was missing (no wonder man terminfo

didn't show anything - the man pages are under

/usr/share/man!). I looked at the /usr file

system and space is kind of tight so I started

looking around at the other file systems and

found what was /usr/share. I made a link and

things are working fine now. I guess it's time

to think about reinstalling the OS with sufficient

space for file systems.

Which brings me to another point. I usually install

Solaris with a /, /usr, /var, and /opt partition.

And then maybe an /export/home or whatever for user

files/data. It seems to me that when disk space is

tight and I have things partitioned like above, I

tend to have problems installing patches and the like.

I know that /var tends to grow in size due to log files

like syslog and messages. But it seems to me, when

disk space is tight, that it makes more sense to install

the OS under / rather than slice it up. That way,

the free space is available to all the OS directories

rather than divided among several file systems. What's

the prevailing philosophy of the group on this issue?

Thanks again for the assist - truss is indeed a cool tool

that I can see I'll use a lot.

Tom Erickson

Intellisource Information Systems

CSOC IPP System Administration

Thomas.M.Erickson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

(301) 286-1439

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