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

[Rajeev Prasad]

thx Steve,
 
i had rebooted ther server but it would still show 100% space used (it was 3GB + file).
 
but as soon as i killed the ssh process i got my space back.
 
I have now forced fsck on this system. just to be sure.
 
ty.
Rajeev


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From: Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com>
To: Rajeev Prasad <rp.neuli at yahoo.com>; "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: a big file taking all space not trace-able and visible. how to delete?

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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