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  1. 08-07-2006, 11:46 AM #1
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    Partition still full after removing files

    I've never seent his before...

    1. We had a partition that was 100% full.
    2. We removed approx. 10 files which were 2GB in size
    3. The partition still said 100% for about 10 minutes
    4. The partition is "stuck" on 99% full.
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  2. 08-07-2006, 12:58 PM #2
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    Log files perhaps?
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    What's the size of the partition, and what file system? I think that by default, ext3 file systems have 5% of the partition reserved for root. If the large files removed were owned by root, then it could still report as 100% full if it were still at least 95% full (for "real").
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  4. 08-07-2006, 03:10 PM #4
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    If the files you deleted are still being used by some program, then the space will not be freed up until the program has finished with them. That could be what you are seeing here.
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    i had a situation similar....my /tmp was "full" with zero files in it.

    What I *think* happened was:

    # tcpdump>/tmp/file.txt &

    then a kill -9 tcpdump.

    I beleive tcpdump was still writting to a file that wasn't there.

    an fuser of the folder might indicate what/who is using it, but I had to reboot to clear up my situation.
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  6. 08-16-2006, 07:38 AM #6
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    Hello jdvilla,

    I have seen this type of thing happen on AIX file systems - the file system fills up to 100%, and deleting files makes no difference. I have found that re-booting fixes it, but have never dug any further to find out why.

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  7. 08-16-2006, 09:05 AM #7
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    I've run into that situation a couple of times. And in each one /tmp was the culprit. I found it useful to use du.
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  8. 08-16-2006, 12:58 PM #8
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    Im wondering how they were deleted.

    If you used something like nautilus instead of command, then you might want to look in your recycle bin or in .Trash-username


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  9. 08-23-2006, 11:56 AM #9
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    ratsaw was right on the money with

    If the files you deleted are still being used by some program, then the space will not be freed up until the program has finished with them. That could be what you are seeing here.
    We killed the program and it went right down to 6%
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