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Date:      Tue, 06 Nov 2001 22:23:11 +0100
From:      Sven Wittig <Sven.wittig@gmx.de>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DU vs. DF
Message-ID:  <3BE854BF.4090907@gmx.de>
References:  <20011106213343.D93645-100000@axis.tdd.lt>

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Domas Mituzas wrote:

>>DU output :
>>/dev/ad0s1e     19815    18926     -696   104%    /var
>>DF output :
>>4310
>>so how crowded is my /var directory really, 4 or 18 MB ?

> 
> du shows how much existing files take place, df shows file system usage.
> you may delete a file, but if it it open by any program in userland, it's
> data won't be erased from file system. Also, softupdates slow down
> deletion process (you won't see immediate effect). Keep that in mind.


thanks a reboot fixed it ...

Sven Wittig





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