Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 17 August 2008 01:18:21 Paul Colquhoun wrote: > > Actually, there is one more way to hide a file from du > > > > If there is a file in the /var directory *BEFORE* the > > /var partition is > > > mounted onto the directory, then du won't find it, but > > df will know > > > about the space it is using. > > > > You will probably need to boot from a live CD of some > > sort to be able to > > > umount the partitions and check the underlying > > directory, but it might > > > be worth it there is still space unaccounted for after a > > reboot. > > There's a much easier way. As root: > > mount -o bind / /path/to/some/arb/dir > > see man mount
Thank you very much. That was the problem. some files have been hidden in /mnt/backup. I deleted them and problem is solved. Thanks again Platoali
