[PLUG] df shows 33G used, but it does not add up with du

[Eli Stair]

Usually when I've seen that, it's due to either sparse files or
filesystem corruption.

Before fsck'ing it, try totaling an 'ls -s' of the recursive contents
of that directory... that'll give you the "actual" on-disk block
usage.  That can differ significantly from that reported in the
filesystem metadata.

Something like:
  for i in `find . -type f` ; do ls -s $i | awk '{print $1}' ; done

Compare that total *  your block size to the DF/DU.

For a read-only fsck of the partition, check your local manpages.

/eli

On 1/9/06, Robert Anderson <riznob at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/9/06, m0gely <m0gely at telestream.com> wrote:
> >
> > Vram wrote:
> >
> > > Some of the partition is reserved for su use.
> > >
> > > It is generally 5%..
> >
> > I believe he menioned the used space, not the free space.  And that's a
> > lot more than 5%.
> >
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> I am aware of the 5% reserved for su. However it appears that more than 18%
> of the disk space is unaccounted for by du.
>
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