On 2014-05-11 18:02 +0200, Ron Leach wrote: > server4:/# du / -hx --max-depth=1 > 0 /var > 0 /nfs > 1.0K /boot > 1.0K /boot2 > 0 /home > 4.0K /tmp > 0 /usr > 80M /etc > 0 /media > 64M /lib > 5.0M /sbin > 0 /selinux > 4.1M /bin > 0 /dev > 0 /proc > 12K /mnt > 12M /root > 0 /sys > 0 /srv > 0 /opt > 165M / > server4:/# > > This doesn't suggest anything like 2.8GB, does it? (du does include > the content of sub-directories in its calculations, doesn't it?)
Right, but it does not count unlinked but still open files. > I'll try and look round the filesystem, I imagine xfs will log > something somewhere if it notices something wrong. I would like to > check the fs; if I recall, the system checks the xfs filesystem during > start up so, perhaps later today, I could take the system offline and > reboot it to force a check. Rebooting also frees up the space of unlinked files, but so does killing the processes which keep them open. On a long running system there can be quite a lot of those files, though: # lsof | grep deleted | wc -l 2058 Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/8761lcfg6z....@turtle.gmx.de