Turgut Kalfaoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Actually, I have everything in other partitions, so the / partition
> should, in theory, not grow at all. I have /usr , /var , /home
> in other partitions. Even /tmp is at /var/tmp..
> Really odd.. -turgut
Is that by having /tmp be a (soft) link? If not, (and I cannot imagine
how it could NOT be! but just in case) if there is a time when /tmp is
not 'redirected' and something opens a file there, and then /tmp is
somehow 'redirected' then you can get those symptoms. You also get the
same symptoms if a process opens a file in the '/' partition somewhere
and, while still keeping it open, deletes that file (or if another
process deletes it). The file still occupies space on the disk,thus
showing up in df, but you cannot find it ANYWHERE because the only
reference is inside a program. Once that program exits your space
is immediately freed - so one way to see if thats the case is to kill
processes one at a time and check free space...
Are there ANY directories that are not mounted?
And, finally, have you looked for 'hidden' directories? (start with '.')?
Just a few shots in the dark...
rc
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