Is a command available to free space of deleted file

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 30 Mar 2021 22:03:26 +0800 "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On 30/03/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I am using UbuntuMATE 20.10 .
> >
> > Is a command available, to free the space clogged up by a deleted file?
> >
> > .xsession-errorts
> 
> That should have been .xsession-errors .
> 
> > decided to eat my home partition free space, and
> > grew to 32GB, so, I deleted it in the PCManFM file manager, using
> > <SHIFT><DEL> .
> >
> > But, it clearly did not delete the file, as, while the file
> > "officially" no longer exists, the partition is still full, with no
> > free space, and, I need to free the space that the file still
> > occupies, even after being deleted.

Once the fill is closed the disk space will be freed up.  Something still have 
the file open, most likely the X server.  You will have to "exit" the X server 
to free up the disk space.  In other words, you need to log out of your X 
session.

You really should not have deleted that file before looking at it.  There is 
(obviously) some error you should be paying attention to.  What will likely 
happen is that when you log back in, .xsession-errors will start to grow 
again.  When it does *LOOK AT IT* before deleting it.  It is there for a 
reason -- it is there to tell you there is an error somewhere in your XSession 
code.

> >
> > Thank you in anticipation.
> >
> > --
> > Bret Busby
> > Armadale
> > West Australia
> > (UTC+0800)
> > ..............
> >
> 

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