Run fsck to make sure your disk isn't corrupted or damaged. Afterward, your lost+found might get populated with the stuff that occupies the space, done so in order for you to review.
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:10:03 -0700 Marc Shapiro via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > I had some large files (over 200GB in total size) that I no longer > needed. So I removed them. They no longer show up in the > directory. However, df, still shows the space as being used. I > understand that if processes are still using the files they will not > be removed until the processes either release them, or are shut down > (or killed). I have tried using 'lsof -a -L1 MOUNTPOINT' to list the > open, but deleted files. It returns no files at all. > > These files are on a removable drive. I can unmount the partition > and disconnect the drive, then reconnect the drive and remount the > partition, but the space still shows as being used. If the files are > still open, shouldn't 'umount' give an error? > > I would rather not have to shut down the system. Is there some other > way to determine what is keeping these files open, or otherwise > preventing the space from being reclaimed? > > Marc > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
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