At 2004-05-29T102425+1200, Roger Searle wrote:
> The question: I deleted the .xsession-errors file in konqueror - not
> the "move to trash" option, but the "delete" option. the machine
> continued to think it had zero available space on that partition until
> I restarted. (that is based on my continued inability to send an
> email or write any file to my home folder until after the restart).
> why is that? or better question, is there a command i can run to make
> the computer realise that there's a whole lot of free space there?
It sounds like Konqueror is unlinking the file asynchronously. When you
delete the file, did it appear to happen 'instantly'?
I'd expect synchronous unlinking of a file that size to take a few
seconds on a standard ATA disk, possibly longer in this case because the
file would be fairly badly fragmented (due to the many small block
allocations plus free space exhaustion).
How long did you wait before restarting the computer?
If you feel like experimenting further, I suggest removing the file
using rm(1) next time. rm won't return until the file has been
unlinked, and the free space will be available immediately after you see
rm return.
Cheers,
-mjg
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