Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:19:41 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: 'Randy Bush' <randy@psg.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: so where did the space go? Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9D3A@l04.research.kpn.com>
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Dear Randy,
>
> roam.psg.com:/var# df .
> Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/ad0s3e 63503 60853 -2430 104% /var
>
> roam.psg.com:/var# du -s *
> 1 account
*snip*
> 20 yp
>
Not all files show up. Many programs open a temp file an immediately delete
it. The deleted file is no longer visible in the filesystem, but is still
open in the program and can be used. It counts towards df(1), but not du(1).
Kees Jan
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