Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sparse files and df

[Mike Kazantsev <mk.fraggod@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, 24 May 2009 10:13:09 +0300
Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:

> I might be wrong, but here's my take on it:
> 
> The files you moved won't be deleted until they are closed.  That means 
> quiting the torrent client.  "du" shows space occupied by files that 
> actually have a filename.  The files you deleted are still there if the 
> torrent client still has handles on them; they just lack an entry in the 
> directory and therefore "du" doesn't pick them up, but of course "df" 
> does since it's not looking at files individually but asks the 
> filesystem directly.

That indeed explains what happened and why re-opening files helped.
Somehow, I haven't considered that the files might not be removed if
something held the handles to them.

Thanks.

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Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net

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