Not that this is probably your problem, but I notice that even after I clear off hd space, often it takes a while for it to register that fact. Umounting or rebooting (doing the same thing) generally seems to clear it up. I just chalked it up to the large degree that Linux caches HD changes.
Just thought I'd chime in. Hope this is all resolved already. begin Alan Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Tue, 26 Nov 2002 20:56:26 -0600) > I'm at my wit's end. A runaway vim process filled up my disk, and I can't > figure out *where*. I had cleared space a few days ago, and then it filled up > again, when I found and killed the gvim zombie. I get quite different > answers from different tools as well : > > df tells me I've used 36 Gbytes, that is, the whole disk. > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hdb1 38464340 36316120 194316 100% /home > > But when I try to find where it has gone with du, > > du -k /home yields : > > 5708312 . > > total kb, or 6 Gb. Where is the other 30? > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Alan K. Jackson | To see a World in a Grain of Sand | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | > | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | > | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems *Network Consulting, Integration & Support *Web Development and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
