On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:36:42AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Before seeing the above message, after someone previously saying that > deleting the file would not cause any (extra) problems, but would not > free up disc space, I deleted the file, then ran "Empty Trash Can", > but, no disc space was freed, then, subsequently, I observed that a > new file had been created; > .xsession-errors.old > with a size of about 33kB, and so I overwrote that, as described > above, and that reduced its size to zero, but, I now do not have the > original file with which to do that, and, I have about 750MB of > missing disc space. > > I have had to move files off the HDD, to make it usable (it does not > work with no free space, which is what the file did to it). > > Does a way exist, for me to reclaim the vanished disc space, without > having to reboot the computer?
So you are saying that with the .xsession-errors at zero size hasn't reclaimed the disk space? What does df -h show? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20140909222339.GA19835@tal