Re: delete big file doesn't free space on filesystem

From: Bright, Frank (FBright_at_UARTS.EDU)
Date: 01/06/05

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    Date:         Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:43:26 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Juan,

    Could it be the file you deleted be another file system? We have file
    systems that have the same root directory. For example... /filesys and
    /filesys/test are two file systems that have the same root directory.
    If I remove a file from /filesys/test it will not make a difference in
    space in the /filesys filesystem.

    HTH

    Frank

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    Juan Camilo Yanquen
    Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:03 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: delete big file doesn't free space on filesystem

    Hi,

    I've p650 with AIX 5.1 ML 04 and Oracle, I tried free some space in a
    filesystem deleting a big file 2GB> but after do rm, df -k doesn't show
    any change on freespace. So I need umount - mount the filesystem to
    correct freespace.
    There is a fix solve this issue?
    Would be great if someone can let me know.

    Juan Camilo Yanquen
    Soporte pSeries
    SISA-SA

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