Re: File system error

From: Jerry McAllister (jerrymc_at_clunix.cl.msu.edu)
Date: 04/01/04

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    To: waterb11@yahoo.com (water B)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:12:27 -0500 (EST)

    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > I got a little problem with /usr partition
    >
    > # df -h
    > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
    > /dev/da0s1a 288M 72M 193M 27% /
    > /dev/da0s1f 15G 13G 535M 96% /usr
    > /dev/da0s1e 288M 97M 168M 37% /var
    > procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
    > # du -h /usr
    > ...
    > 6.4G /usr
    > I have deleted some files but it does not restore the used disk.
    > Does anybody have an idea?

    Well, if those files are open by some process somewhere or if there
    are hard links to them, the disk space won't be released until
    those conditions are altered. So, that could be one reason.

    ////jerry

    >
    > Thanks.
    >
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