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On Sun, 24 May 2009 10:13:09 +0300 |
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Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> I might be wrong, but here's my take on it: |
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> The files you moved won't be deleted until they are closed. That means |
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> quiting the torrent client. "du" shows space occupied by files that |
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> actually have a filename. The files you deleted are still there if the |
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> torrent client still has handles on them; they just lack an entry in the |
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> directory and therefore "du" doesn't pick them up, but of course "df" |
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> does since it's not looking at files individually but asks the |
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> filesystem directly. |
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That indeed explains what happened and why re-opening files helped. |
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Somehow, I haven't considered that the files might not be removed if |
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something held the handles to them. |
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Thanks. |
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Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net |
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