[clue-tech] ext3 missing disk space?

[David L. Anselmi]

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!

The df output might be useful.  Probably something is still referencing 
the space.  What command did you use to delete the directory?  What, 
specifically, did the directory contain?

Dave
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