[H-GEN] Out of disk space errors?

[Robert Brockway]

On Sun, 15 May 2005, David Harrison wrote:

> Has anyone seen this behaviour before? Short of a reboot (which I'm trying to

Yes, it is a function of how Unix uses files.  If you remove a file the 
space is only freed once the process holding the file exits.  Figure out 
which daemon or other process was using the files and stop and restart 
them.

The best option is to use fuser or lsof before deleting the file to see 
who has it.

You may be able to examine /proc to see who is holding the files.

A reboot works only because it stop the proceses involved.

Rob

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