[clue-tech] ext3 missing disk space?

[Nate Duehr]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 03:25:14PM -0600, Dan Harris wrote:
> Something strange happened today.  I have an ext3 filesystem and I  
> deleted a directory that was about 118 gigs in size ( database  
> stuff ).  And the command finished instantly.  Sure enough the  
> directory is now gone, however 'df' still reports all that disk space  
> being used!
> 
> Any ideas how to get this free space back?

That usually means that something still has the file open. 

fuser might help you find the culprit.

-- 
Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>
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