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On Sunday 17 August 2008 01:18:21 Paul Colquhoun wrote: |
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> Actually, there is one more way to hide a file from du |
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> If there is a file in the /var directory *BEFORE* the |
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/var partition is |
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> mounted onto the directory, then du won't find it, but |
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df will know |
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> about the space it is using. |
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> You will probably need to boot from a live CD of some |
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sort to be able to |
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> umount the partitions and check the underlying |
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directory, but it might |
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> be worth it there is still space unaccounted for after a |
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reboot. |
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There's a much easier way. As root: |
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mount -o bind / /path/to/some/arb/dir |
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see man mount |
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