-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 13Jun2006 11:41, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | At 9:05 AM +0100 6/13/06, Paul Howarth wrote: > |>On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 08:13 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote: > |>> having an FC4 server and problems with /tmp: > |>> df -m says, that /tmp 100% full. But if going to /tmp, calling "du -sm > |>>*" and summarizing all sizes > |>> gives a huge difference against the df command (the sum is about 10% of > |>>the df-value). > |>> > |>> Remark: there are no .-files in /tmp so "du -sm *" fits all files in /tmp. > |> > |>You probably have a process running that has a a large open file in /tmp > |>that has been deleted. The disk space is not recovered for use by other > |>processes until the file is closed. > |> > |>Deleting an open temp file is a fairly common technique - it prevents > |>other processes getting any access to the file. > | > | Could 10% be the root reservation? > > Almost certainly. I believe that Joachim is saying that the size reported by du is only 10% of the size reported by df. This would mean the reserved blocks percentage would have to be 90%. That doesn't seem likely. Though stranger things do happen. :) - -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: When crypto is outlawed bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. iG0EARECAC0FAkSPa/cmGGh0dHA6Ly93d3cucG9ib3guY29tL350bXovcGdwL3Rt ei5hc2MACgkQuv+09NZUB1pu3gCeL9BakZurebokf8tu7j/tkmcUVAEAnjY0uSgD 3NeaCBn16s+PfAyp+Q8z =it9M -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
