On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:56:18 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras <[email protected]> wrote:
> I discovered this nifty little tool recently that tells you if any > deleted files are currently being kept open by running processes: > "app-admin/checkrestart". I usually run it after world updates so I > can tell whether I need a restart or not. Because I'm too lazy to unkeyword and emerge it... Does this program show how much space is being used by deleted files? Or, is there a way to access more information about or even recover such a zombie file? lsof gives its inode number, but I have no idea how to access it from there. - Bryan

