In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Harrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a delima. My root partition is about 24Gb and it's full. The problem >is that I cannot figure out what is taking up the space. If I goto '/' and >run 'du -x' it says that about 500Mb are being used. This is about what I >would expect. Now If I run 'df' it says the partition is 100% full. Is >there any way to check for unlinked files which are taking up space or >something like that?
Sure. Try ls -ld /proc/*/fd/* 2>&1 | fgrep '(deleted)' .. that will show you all deleted files still held open by running processes. Mike. -- "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]