On Sun, 24 May 2009 10:13:09 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras <[email protected]> wrote:
> I might be wrong, but here's my take on it: > > The files you moved won't be deleted until they are closed. That means > quiting the torrent client. "du" shows space occupied by files that > actually have a filename. The files you deleted are still there if the > torrent client still has handles on them; they just lack an entry in the > directory and therefore "du" doesn't pick them up, but of course "df" > does since it's not looking at files individually but asks the > filesystem directly. That indeed explains what happened and why re-opening files helped. Somehow, I haven't considered that the files might not be removed if something held the handles to them. Thanks. -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net
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