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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:58:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: Scott Morris <smorris@tsi.gte.com>
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Subject: Re: Unrecovered file space
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On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Scott Morris wrote:
>         Well I managed to delete a directory full of files without deleting
> the files first :(. Now I'm stuck with a file system full of nonexistant
> files consuming space. Any suggestion's on how to get the space back.

# shutdown -r now

boot: -s

hit Return at prompt for shell

# fsck -p

# ^D

Dan
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