File system error

[Jerry McAllister]

> 
> Hi,
>  
> I got a little problem with /usr partition
>  
> # df -h
> Filesystem    Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/da0s1a   288M    72M   193M    27%    /
> /dev/da0s1f    15G    13G   535M    96%    /usr
> /dev/da0s1e   288M    97M   168M    37%    /var
> procfs        4.0K   4.0K     0B   100%    /proc
> # du -h /usr
> ...
> 6.4G    /usr
> I have deleted some files but it does not restore the used disk.
> Does anybody have an idea?

Well, if those files are open by some process somewhere or if there
are hard links to them, the disk space won't be released until
those conditions are altered.   So, that could be one reason.

////jerry

>  
> Thanks.
>