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 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Louis Kowolowski [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cryptomonkeys: http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/ <http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/> Making life more interesting for people since 1977 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
