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



On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 07:39:18PM -0800, Denzil Kelly wrote:
> 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           1k-blocks      Used Available
> Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda2               768744    425720    303972 
> 59% /
> /dev/hda1                 8657      4710      3500 
> 58% /boot
> /dev/hdb6              5763616   1177980   4292856 
> 22% /usr
> /dev/hdb7             11535344   2025656   8923720 
> 19% /home
> /dev/hda5              2700988   1843620    720156 
> 72% /oldhome

The file could be initially downloading into /tmp. Since you don't
have a separate partition for /tmp, it is located in your / partition.

-- 
Jerome

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