Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:15:23 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> To: caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The "/" file system... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901312311480.21503-100000@guru.phone.net> In-Reply-To: <199902010456.MAA05867@trans.hk.hi.cn.>
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Unix keeps files around as long as there is a pointer to them. You could have a hard link on / to that file, or a program that has it open. Soft links won't keep the file around. Most likely, it's a program. Find and kill the program that has the file open (fstat may be of use here). If you can't find it, shut down to single user and see what's still running. <mike On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn wrote: > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:56:00 +0800 > From: caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: The "/" file system... > > 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! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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