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Re: Files saved to one directory Drive space consumed somewhere else



Are you watching the filesapce *AS* the file downloads? Perhaps
whatever you are downloading with is using /tmp to save the file until
it's complete and you don't have /tmp on a separate partition.

G

Denzil Kelly said:

> I downloaded an .iso and specified that it be saved to
> /home/myhome/myiso, however, when doing this wmmount
> shows that the / partition is the one actually
> decreasing in size as the file downloads. Does anyone
> know why this might be happening? I have a 2 drives in
> this box and they are patitioned as indicated below.
>
> Filesystem  Mounted on
> /dev/hda2   /
> /dev/hda1   /boot
> /dev/hdb6   /usr
> /dev/hdb7   /home
> /dev/hda5   /oldhome
>

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Gerald
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