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in reply to print or die?

So, how important is checking print statements? I assume it would depend on the application and/or system. Once in a blue moon, one of the cluster environments that I use has funny file writing issues (which err on the side of not writing), so it is something I worry about.

well, if user quotas and harddisk free space aren't monitored routinely (like hourly or daily or weekly) then checking print statements becomes more important

see also Detecting write errors (disk full, bad media)