Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:11:12 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: brueggma@snoopie.yi.org Subject: Re: du/df Message-ID: <20001030211112.V4090@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <20001025000210.A2828@snoopie.yi.org>; from "Eric Brueggmann" on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:02:10AM -0500 References: <20001025000210.A2828@snoopie.yi.org>
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* Eric Brueggmann <brueggma@snoopie.yi.org> [20001025 08:04]: =>Hello.. => => Sorry for the cross post. I was wondering what could cause this: => =># du -hc /var | grep total => 15M total =># df -h /var =>Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on =>/dev/ad3s2e 483M 101M 343M 23% /var =># sync =># df -h /var =>Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on =>/dev/ad3s2e 483M 101M 343M 23% /var => =>This happens every couple of weeks or so.. The difference is usually not =>as great as it is now. Is there any way to fix it? I don't think du is =>following any sym links, or anything. As root alouette# du -hc /var/ | grep total 23M total alouette# df -h /var/ Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s2f 34M 23M 8.0M 74% /var alouette# As ordinary user: I get a disparity because I am denied permission to some directories for du -hc /var [snip] 39K /var/db/pkg/AbiWord-0.7.10 5.0K /var/db/pkg/lrzsz-0.12.20 5.0K /var/db/pkg/minicom-1.83.1 6.0K /var/db/pkg/bash-2.04 . . . 1.2M /var/tpc 19M /var 19M total [snip] [wash@alouette:~]> df -h /var/ Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s2f 34M 23M 8.0M 74% /var [wash@alouette:~]> HTH -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KENYA. What we call human nature in actuality is human habit. -Jewel, "Pieces of You" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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