[Bug 347899] [NEW] disk usage utility reports inaccurate disk usage

[Darryl Clarke]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: baobab

While trying to trackdown where my disk usage went, I noticed some
inaccurate reporting by baobab.

http://darrylclarke.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/before-scanning.png
http://darrylclarke.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/after-scanning.png

before-scanning.png reports the same usage as the output of df, but
after-scanning.png shows approximately 40 GB missing.  It's showing
'home' as only 8.5GB of use, as below, you'll see my home is using 47GB
according to 'du'

'df' output (cruft removed):

dclarke at ubuntu-image:~$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1              71G   59G  8.0G  89% /

and, the trail of where some of the unaccounted usage is (again, cruft
removed):

root at ubuntu-image:/# du -sh *
47G	home

root at ubuntu-image:/home# du -sh *
45G	dclarke

root at ubuntu-image:/home/dclarke# du -sh *
29G	Workspace

** Affects: baobab (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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disk usage utility reports inaccurate disk usage
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