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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:40:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
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Subject: Determine processing holding open a 52+Gig file ...
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'k, this is the second time its happened ... on a file system that is 
currently 35% full (52G free), all the disk space disappeared ...

Is there a way of finding out what process is holding open this "immense" 
file?

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Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
Email: scrappy@hub.org           Yahoo!: yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664