Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:54:20 -0700, Marc wrote in message <74553f6b-2616-70e1-e742-1ce9275b3...@gmail.com>: > On 3/15/21 6:31 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 10:28:32PM -0700, Marc Shapiro via Dng > > wrote: > >> On 3/14/21 10:09 PM, Ludovic Bellière wrote: > >>> I assume

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
On 3/15/21 8:23 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:54:20 -0700, Marc wrote in message <74553f6b-2616-70e1-e742-1ce9275b3...@gmail.com>: On 3/15/21 6:31 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 10:28:32PM -0700, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: On 3/14/21 10:09 PM, Ludovic

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Ludovic Bellière
On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:36:28 -0700 Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > I'm not familiar with sfill.  What does it do and what package is it > in.  It is not currently installed here. > > Marc sfill is part of secure-delete. rm doesn't actually remove data, it just remove all links to it leaving

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
On 3/15/21 12:55 AM, Steve Litt wrote: Wait!!! Make sure you run only a non-destructive fsck. If the non-destructive fsck shows no problem, do the following... First run the sync command. The sync command forces all caches to be written to their respective files. If they're on a removeable

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
On 3/15/21 2:48 AM, Bernard Rosset via Dng wrote: You are correct.  I used '+L' NOT '-L'. I would add -nP -> "lsof -nP +L1" If negative, I would go for the ugly path, grep'ing lsof's output on "deleted" or "(deleted)". Past this point, if space of alleged deleted files is not cleared... I

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
On 3/15/21 6:31 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 10:28:32PM -0700, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: On 3/14/21 10:09 PM, Ludovic Bellière wrote: I assume you read the man page of fsck, as it's return code is what you want to pay attention to. As for lsof, the correct parameters

Re: [DNG] Shutting down on weird keys combination.

2021-03-15 Thread А . Сорокин via Dng
Hello. On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:27:16 +1100, you wrote: > You’re not accidentally pressing the SysRq key at the same time? Of course not! Only Shift-b-v . Now i think it is not a bad thing, but i never saw this before, and do not know if i'n alone with this. If alone, then i have a virus

Re: [DNG] Shutting down on weird keys combination.

2021-03-15 Thread Antony Stone
On Friday 12 March 2021 at 19:51:41, А. Сорокин via Dng wrote: > Hello. > > I have a strange behavior on my system (DeVuan's Sid (Ceres?) > up-to-date system): on quick pressing (may be it seems to system as keys > are pressed at once), of Shift-b-v (no matter where: CLI or GUI) system > shuts

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Steve Litt
Wait!!! Make sure you run only a non-destructive fsck. If the non-destructive fsck shows no problem, do the following... First run the sync command. The sync command forces all caches to be written to their respective files. If they're on a removeable drive, my next step after sync would be to

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:39:51 -0700 Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > > On 3/14/21 8:33 PM, Ludovic Bellière wrote: > > Run fsck to make sure your disk isn't corrupted or damaged. > > Afterward, your lost+found might get populated with the stuff that > > occupies the space, done so in order for you

Re: [DNG] rm not freeing space

2021-03-15 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
You are correct.  I used '+L' NOT '-L'. I would add -nP -> "lsof -nP +L1" If negative, I would go for the ugly path, grep'ing lsof's output on "deleted" or "(deleted)". Past this point, if space of alleged deleted files is not cleared... I wonder. Even ext2 should do the trick. If not ext4,