files can be “deleted” with out actually removing them from the disk, this 
frequently happens when a file is open. once the open file has been closed, the 
space will be reclaimed.


> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:43 PM, logical american <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> In regard to trusting computers, 2 days ago I noticed that my /tmp folder 
> seems empty, but it is not according to df command.
> 
> %df
> Filesystem     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sdb4       60220292     53920  57077632   1% /tmp
> 
> The problem is that when you go to /tmp folder under superuser mode and do 
> the %ls command, nothing shows up.
> 
> So what is taking up 53.9 megs of data and why isn't this visible to the 
> super user?
> 
> Am I too trusting?
> 
> - Randall
> 
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