You don't have anything mounted under /var do you. I say a message go across the list a while back stating that if a directory has files in it they are hidden when a filesystem is mounted using the directory as a mount point.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Darryl Harvey > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: du does not compute with df ?!?!? > > > Hi, > > I am running a RH7.2 system, My /var partition is getting a bit full, but > when I run some tests to find out where all the files are I can't seem to > account for all the space /var/ is saying that it is consuming. > > When I do a "df -h" I get the response of; > > [root@slab /]# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/md1 2.9G 135M 2.6G 5% / > /dev/md0 15M 4.3M 9.6M 31% /boot > /dev/md3 8.7G 1.5G 6.7G 19% /home > /dev/hda9 1.0G 33M 957M 4% /tmp > /dev/md2 4.8G 2.7G 1.9G 58% /usr > /dev/md4 984M 777M 157M 84% /var > none 250M 0 250M 0% /dev/shm > > Note: /var says 777M consumed. > > But if I perform a "du -ach /var" I get the result of; > > [many filenames deleted] > 160M /var > 160M total > > So my question is, where has the remaining 617M gone ??? > > I have traversed down each directory in /var and cannot locate anything. > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Thanks > Darryl > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
