Create a Symlink as a Workaround for Partition Full Error
Sometimes, a mounted partition does not have enough space, and it may take time to expand the LVM volume, if there is not currently enough physical space available, and a separate team handles storage. Of course making a separate partition is a more proper fix, and LVM is flexible enough to accommodate the changes, but sometimes space is filling up, and something has to be done right away. Maybe /var/log, or /opt is filling up, and you did not think ahead to make it a separate partition. As a quick workaround, it is fairly common to use a symbolic link, or as sysadmins affectionately call it, a symlimk. Let's say an application wants to install under /opt, and you are out of space in /opt, but have plenty of space in /app. You can use a symlink to trick the system into thinking that it is using /opt, when in fact it is using /app/opt. I like to perform a directory move and symlink creation at the same time. Note that both /opt and /app already exist, but w...