Ok it turns out this was me just being silly. The tar xvf extracted it to /parent_directory/parent_directory/directory, not /parent_directory/directory, which is why I got confused. But still would like to learn more about shutdown -rF. Thanks.
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Johann Vincent Paul Tagle < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi. Have a server on a US-based host, where I deleted a directory that has > around 275G worth of files. The objective is to restore that directory from > a .tar backup. However, after deleting the directory, df didn't reflect the > expected increase in the available space, and du -m still shows the > directory, although "ls <directory name>" does not. > > Tried rebooting the server - no changes. I cannot unmount the filesystem > to run fsck as the directory is part of "/" so I need to be physically > logged on server to go on single user mode. Googling about it people > suggest shutdown -rF, which I'm keen on trying because I'm stuck anyway as > the hosting provider cannot help me until I get endorsed by the account > owner, who won't be available until a few hours from now. Just want to know > your thoughts about running this command. > > Thanks > > Johann >
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