[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ df / Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 12G 5.1G 6.7G 43% /
[EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# /etc/init.d/syslog stop Shutting down kernel logger: [ OK ] Shutting down system logger: [ OK ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# /etc/init.d/syslog start Starting system logger: [ OK ] Starting kernel logger: [ OK ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# df / Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 12G 1.9G 9.9G 16% / [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# OK - first of all, thanks - that worked. But I don't really understand why this affected only one of the two huge files I deleted. Both are used by syslog and yet the "phantom" space was equivalent to only one of them. The only thing I can think of was that after I manually deleted the files, a new /var/log/syslog was created but /var/log/kernel/info was not. On Thu, 25 May 2006 00:15, Ez-Aton wrote: > While the files are still being used, the space will not be available. > If you restart your syslogd service, you will reclaim the missing space. > > > Ez. > > Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > I had what I think was a hardare problem with my TV card and ended up > > with huge log files that completely filled up my / partition. My only way > > out was to delete a 6 Gb /var/log/syslog and a 3 Gb /var/log/kernel/info > > from the command line. > > > > After deleting both files, df still reports that I'm using about 3 Gb > > more than I believe I am. Here's the output from df and du: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ df / > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/sda5 12G 5.1G 6.7G 43% / > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# du / -x > > 0 /.qt > > 7.9M /bin > > 0 /dev > > 28K /etc/ft/cfg > > > > << snip snip snip >> > > > > 4.0K /ggg-hda > > 0 /logwatch.WV9ApJ34 > > 4.0K /initrd > > 0 /logwatch.PJLkZHDq > > 1.8G / > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# > > > > > > I suspect that for some reason the 3 Gb file is still taking up space, > > even though I can't see it. Is it possible the inodes are still in use, > > and if so, how do I clean this up? Is there an easier way than booting > > with a rescue CD? > > > > TIA -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.4.2) on LINUX Mandriva 2006 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
