Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:56:23 -0700 From: Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com> To: Jeff Gray <jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: df behaviour Message-ID: <20000307155623.E29448@socrates.i-pi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003071457440.29521-100000@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>; from jwg2@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com on Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 03:00:22PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003071457440.29521-100000@cm-24-142-61-17.cableco-op.ispchannel.com>
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On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 03:00:22PM -0800, Jeff Gray wrote: > Occassionally when I remove large files the storage does not reappear in > df. > > I have seen this on 2.2.8 and now on 3.3 > > Is there a way to 'get the space back into df' without rebooting? Removing a file which is open does not reclaim the storage until the file is closed. Find the process which has the file open (lsof from the ports is helpful here), kill it and the space will reappear. If the process that has the file open is syslogd, just send it a hangup signal. Kenneth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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