> IMO he compared ``df'' with ``df''. > > If I look at the original post I see some (multimedia related?) > applications which I don't know. The difference makes about 2GB so I > wonder if some of this application is of sort video. Could be that this > app saves temporary files. > > My 0,02$ > Frank > > On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 15:10 -0800, Mike Noble wrote: > > Botykai Zsolt wrote: > > | just got some warning about lack of disk space, so I cheched it. > > | # cd /home > > | # du --max-depth=0 -m > > | 3132 > > | # df -m | grep home > > | /dev/hda5 6733 5362 1030 84% /home > > | > > | Just thaught what hte heck??? > > | started to worrying, so fired up this mail to ask smart people on this > > list. > > | while writing, did the same check (2 minutes later, bcause of some > > | phone-calls). > > | > > | botykai-zsolt home # du --max-depth=0 -m > > | 3132 . > > | botykai-zsolt home # df -m | grep home > > | /dev/hda5 6733 3165 3227 50% /home > > | > > | WHAT? > > | > > | Here is the konsole in front of me, so I was able to check the commands > > I | issued. It is as seen above. > > | > > | What happened in those minutes? My computer ran xfce4, latest xorg, > > some apps > > | (OOo, sylpheed-claws, konsole, torsmo (which showed the disk space as > > df did), > > | root-tail, liferea, and xfmedia) the latest gentoo-dev-sources, ext3 > > | filesystems and 2.6.10-r7. > > | > > | Any idea what is it? > > | > > > > I have no idea what you mean by minutes, but the difference between > > the sizes reported are do to the fact that df shows the amount of > > disk space used including what is used by the file system. While > > the du just reports what is being used by files and such. If you > > create a new filesystem without anything in it, and then do a df > > you will find that there is some space already taken. This space is > > used by the filesystem for inodes and super block backups, etc. There > > is also space reserved for root. > > > > HTH > > Mike > > - --
Frank was right I compared the df's output after two minutes. And xfmedia is one media player but at that point it was paused (with some mp3 files). And if it was about temporary files, why they hadn't showed up with 'du'? Zsoltika -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Online Business Technologies Corp. shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. In such cases Online Business Technologies Corp. will not bear the responsibility of consequences. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the system manager immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. A levelben foglalt, nem az Online Rt. hivatalos uzletmenetevel kapcsolatos velemenyek vagy mas informaciok vonatkozasaban az Online Rt. nem vallal felelosseget. Amennyiben a level valamely hiba folytan jutott Onhoz, kerjuk, hogy valaszlevelben azonnal ertesitse a rendszer uzemeltetojet, majd torolje ki a levelet rendszerebol!
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