Re: What is the real issue when file system is full (100%), deleting data won't be effective for df to display correct free space until reboot

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  Hello,

On Thu 30-01-14 21:12:09, jupiter wrote:
> I am not sure if it is file system issue or df issue. I am running on
> CentOS, in both ext3 and ext4 when file system is full, deleting data
> / files to evacuate space won't immediate be effective in df command,
> the df won't display correct free space value until reboot the
> machine.
>
> Many posts talking about that because some processes still seize the
> deleted data or files, I don't see it is true. The files I deleted
> were not used by any processes, but the df would sitll display the
> same old free space value before deleting the files.
  That's strange. So do you say that if you do:
df
dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1M count=1
df
rm /file
df

Then the second and the third output are the same?

								Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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