> Now I killed the process and deleted the file, but the amount of space > used reported by df stayed the same. A du of / reported ~200Mb less, as I > expected. > > "Sync" has not altered the report of df. Is this 200Mb actually freed or > trapped still somehow? > probably there are still some processes, which hold the file open. try fuser.
-- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.
