diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- src/svlogd.c	7 Oct 2004 07:56:29 -0000	1.7
+++ src/svlogd.c	7 Oct 2004 14:40:56 -0000	1.8
@@ -287,8 +287,41 @@
     if (len > ((dir +n)->sizemax -(dir +n)->size))
       len =(dir +n)->sizemax -(dir +n)->size;
   }
-  while ((i =write((dir +n)->fdcur, s, len)) == -1)
+  while ((i =write((dir +n)->fdcur, s, len)) == -1) {
+    if (errno == ENOSPC) {
+      DIR *d;
+      direntry *f;
+      char oldest[FMT_PTIME];
+
+      while (fchdir((dir +n)->fddir) == -1)
+        pause2("unable to change directory, want remove old logfile",
+               (dir +n)->name);
+      oldest[0] ='A'; oldest[1] =oldest[27] =0;
+      while (! (d =opendir(".")))
+        pause2("unable to open directory, want remove old logfile",
+               (dir +n)->name);
+      errno =0;
+      while ((f =readdir(d)))
+        if ((f->d_name[0] == '@') && (str_len(f->d_name) == 27))
+          if (str_diff(f->d_name, oldest) < 0) byte_copy(oldest, 27, f->d_name);
+      if (errno) warn2("unable to read directory, want remove old logfile",
+                       (dir +n)->name);
+      closedir(d);
+      if (*oldest == '@') {
+        strerr_warn5(WARNING, "out of disk space, delete: ", (dir +n)->name,
+                     "/", oldest, 0);
+        if (unlink(oldest) == -1)
+          warn2("unable to unlink oldest logfile", (dir +n)->name);
+        else
+          i =1;
+      }
+      while (fchdir(fdwdir) == -1)
+        pause1("unable to change to initial working directory");
+      if (i) continue;
+    }
     pause2("unable to write to current", (dir +n)->name);
+  }
+
   (dir +n)->size +=i;
   if ((dir +n)->sizemax)
     if (s[i -1] == '\n')