a big file taking all space not trace-able and visible. how to delete?

[Steve Flynn]

On 24 January 2013 21:38, Rajeev Prasad <rp.neuli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> an ssh  process put a very large file which filled the FS to 100%

Was this an NFS mounted filesystem?

> while it was 'moving' i tried to rm the file.

Kill the sftp/ftp process if you've not already done it. Then reboot.

> now i do not see the file anymore but disk usage is still showing 100%

If you're still showing 100% file utilisation after a reboot, force an fsck.


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Steve

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