After a long battle with technology, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > Notice the change in my /home directory from available 2.5G
> > to 1.4G and back to 2.5G after rebooting again.
> That's commonly the sign of files being deleted but still existing because
> [a] running process has them open. lsof can also help with this.
Yep, lsof is the place to start. If something is unlink()ing a G of files,
and still keeping them open, there may be a bug lurking somewhere. It's
typical for processes that need reasonably secure temp files to open() a file
with O_RDWR, then unlink() it. The file will hang around (occupying space if
it's been written to) until it's close()d or the process exits.
If you're running KDE/GNOME, you might be able to get the same disk space
bounce by logging out and logging back in. The myriad of k* and g* processes
that get started are not bug-free yet, unfortunately.
--
We thank with brief thanksgiving / Whatever gods may be
That no man lives forever, / That dead men rise up never,
That even the weariest river / Winds somewhere safe to sea.
--A. C. Swinburne, "The Garden of Proserpine"
There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
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