Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:52:55 +0200 From: Frank de Bot <freebsd@searchy.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No free space add after removing large file Message-ID: <43144897.2050607@searchy.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050830114845.GA72574@augusta.de> References: <43144514.40005@searchy.nl> <20050830114845.GA72574@augusta.de>
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Gerhard Schmidt wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:37:56PM +0200, Frank de Bot wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>On my fs I had a file of 20gb. The free space on that fs was at that >>time around 1gb. But after removing the 20gb file, the freespace wasn't >>added :-S ? >>What has gone wrong and how can I 'reclaim' the free space? > > > There could be a process which has an open filehandle to this file. The > file isn't deleted until all filehandles are closed. > > Try to install /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof and look for the open handle. E.g. > > lsof | grep <filename> > > Kill the process and the freespace should grow. If this doesn't work > or there is no open handle try do go to single user mode an force an > fsck on this fielsystem. Yes, that was the cause. I got my 20gb back :-D Thanks!
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