Subject: Re: Somethings steals space from /
To: Arto Huusko <arto.huusko@utu.fi>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/27/2003 16:29:31
Arto Huusko wrote:
> Or is it somehow possible to claim space from fs without having a
> visible file?
>
> Hum, is VMWare possibly doing some unlink() trick? Open a swap file,
> unlink() it, but since it's still open... that would explain it,
> and in that case, sorry for the noice.
Try "fstat -p <vmware-pid>" to see what files it has open.
You should see the inode number, filesystem and file size.
If "find -x /mountpoint -inum <inode>" doesn't find it, you
know it's an unlinked file.
Simon.
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