Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:01:27 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Don O'Neil" <lists@lizardhill.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: df -k vs. du -s Message-ID: <20090813220127.GA37971@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4741DB3C2EAB4B86A7ED3AE96E3584DD@mickey> References: <4741DB3C2EAB4B86A7ED3AE96E3584DD@mickey>
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On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 01:37:00PM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > My /var partition is showing a different value for a df -k on the file > system vs a du -s on the file system: > > df -k > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 2026030 889544 974404 48% / > devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev > /dev/ad0s1e 2026030 964 1862984 0% /tmp > /dev/ad0s1d 8122126 1997988 5474368 27% /usr > /dev/ad0s1f 8122126 5301938 2170418 71% /var > > du -s /var > 993261 /var > > Any ideas why I would see this? Where is the other 4+G? Do I have a bunch of > bad sectors in the file system or is it majorly fragmented? If so, how do I > find out what the problem is? > > The other partitions match between the df and du... I'm running 6.1 if that > makes a difference. Makes no difference. This has been answered so many times on this list that people may not respond at all. It should easily be found by searching the archive and I think there is a FAQ on the FreeBSD web site about it. So, have fun searching. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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