Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:01:22 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: danp@carebase3.jri.org (Dan Polivy) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: whoa...somethings wrong.. Message-ID: <199606290731.RAA20674@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960628230052.23730D-100000@carebase3.jri.org> from "Dan Polivy" at Jun 28, 96 11:03:07 pm
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Dan Polivy stands accused of saying: > > Hmm, maybe it is just me, but does this df output look odd to you? > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd0a 352926 346960 -22270 107% / > /dev/sd0s1f 1206856 604326 505980 54% /usr > /dev/sd0s1e 302222 55362 222682 20% /var > procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > > Umm, if the space free is negative, where is all of the data going? is > it stored in memory or swap space until room is freed for it to go where > it is supposed to? Hmmm... Hmm, given your filesystem layout, I'd have to assume that you're not much of an admin, or you have a really specialised application for the system. Non-root users can't write to a filesystem that's more than 90% full. For sanity's sake, df calls that 100%. So when root comes very close to filling a filesystem, 'df' will report negative free space. > Dan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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