Subject: Re: df and du out of sync
To: James Webster <James3838@tsi-net.com>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/10/1999 11:41:32
> I've noticed that when I keep my system (1.3.2) up for long periods of
> times, the number of blocks listed in use by df and du differ by a large
> margin. This is especially true on my log file partition. Is this a known
> issue, and which is reporting the correct amount?
This sounds like there are files which are open by some process but
which have been deleted.
You mention that this happens a lot on your log file partition.
Are you running cronjobs to periodically rotate log files written by
long-running daemons? The usual approach here (used by
syslog/newsyslog, for instance) is for the script to send a signal to
the daemon writing to the logs to get it to close & reopen the files.
- Bill