also sprach Peter Dumpert <pdumpert@innovativebusiness.net> [2006.02.07.2026 +0100]:
> agreeing. Here is the most recent:
> home:~# df -h /var
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda2 10G 8.8G 716M 93% /var
> home:~# du -hs /var
> 120M /var
First thing to check: are there still processes holding handles to
files on /var? If yes, and these files are big, then the above
output will be exactly like you see it.
> I also noticed that the amount of free space according to df was
> steadily decreasing, but the du results stayed the same. The rate is not
> consistent (it averages to about 1 or 2MB per hour) but the drain is
> constant.
lsof is your friend.
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