Problem with deleting files and df -lk

[sgoldie2]

Hi,

I was having disk space issues and had found a 633MB file that could be deleted. I deleted the file, but the disk space used remained the same (output from df -lk .). Deleting this file should have resulted in a 7% drop in disk space used.

Any ideas why this file would be deleted, but disk space would not be freed up?

OS is Sun Solaris 8.

 

[KenCunningham]

Perhaps something was writing to the file and still has it 'open' even if it has been deleted. Do you get any output from fuser <filename>. If so, look up the pid using ps -ef | grep pid and kill it. That should release the space.

 

[kHz]

Yep. Most likely open file descriptor.

 

[sgoldie2]

Thanks for the replies so far...

I ran fuser on the file and got "file not found"
(see below)

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ORA-92060.[D1]. fuser /app/oracle/product/8.1.6.3.0/network/log/interfaces.log
/app/oracle/product/8.1.6.3.0/network/log/interfaces.log: fuser: No such file or directory
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I then did touch on the file and ran fuser again ...

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ORA-92060.[D1]. touch /app/oracle/product/8.1.6.3.0/network/log/interfaces.log
ORA-92060.[D1]. fuser /app/oracle/product/8.1.6.3.0/network/log/interfaces.log
/app/oracle/product/8.1.6.3.0/network/log/interfaces.log:
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Can anyone think of anything else to check... thanks.