Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:48:45 +0200 From: Gerhard Schmidt <estartu@augusta.de> To: Frank de Bot <freebsd@searchy.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No free space add after removing large file Message-ID: <20050830114845.GA72574@augusta.de> In-Reply-To: <43144514.40005@searchy.nl> References: <43144514.40005@searchy.nl>
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On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:37:56PM +0200, Frank de Bot wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> On my fs I had a file of 20gb. The free space on that fs was at that=20
> time around 1gb. But after removing the 20gb file, the freespace wasn't=
=20
> 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=20
file isn't deleted until all filehandles are closed.=20
Try to install /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof and look for the open handle. E.g.
lsof | grep <filename> =20
Kill the process and the freespace should grow. If this doesn't work=20
or there is no open handle try do go to single user mode an force an=20
fsck on this fielsystem.=20
Bye
Estartu
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