From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 2 11:58:57 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA24156 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:58:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz ([202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA24147 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:58:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA16682; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:56:11 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:56:10 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The "/" file system... In-Reply-To: <199902021208.UAA06450@trans.hk.hi.cn.> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn wrote: > Hi, everyone: > There is something wrong with the "/" file system. > After removing a large file, I execute "df", but the result is > as same as before. I use "fsck", it's the same. I have to reboot > the system, the result become correct. The other file systems > don't have such problem. What should I do? > Any answer is apprieciated! Nothing is wrong. As long as some process holds that particular file open, UNIX will not free the file up. If you killed the process using the file, the space is returned to the filesystem. Jonathan Chen -------------------------------------------------------------------- Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message