Try running, "sync".
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
<goetz.reinicke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I do a tgz-backup some maildir-folders with n*1000 off files and a lot
> of GB in storage. The backuped maildirs are removed after the tar.
>
> My assumption was, that the free diskspace should be bigger after that,
> but from what I get with df, it looks like I'm loosing space.
>
> Currently the tgz is saved on the same disk/mountpoint.
>
> Any hint, why removing the maildirs dont free diskspace as expected?
>
> It is still an ext3 filesystme
>
> Regards and thanks for hints . Götz
>
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