Copying my reply to the list.... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Hoffman <dhoffman2004@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:10:42 -0600 Subject: Re: strange strange problem! (please help!!) To: Globe Trotter <itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:06:35 -0800 (PST), Globe Trotter <itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > What do you get when you run the following command (BEFORE you start the > > copy): > > df -k /usr/local > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda3 40313996 138976 38127136 1% /usr/local > OK, well that certainly confirms that you have 38G+ free space on /usr/local. Is it possible that you might have some symlinks in your "me" directory and when you are copying files you might be actually copying more than the 21Gb you think are there?
