RE: unix df -k .. not giving extact space at point in time

From: Miller, Jay <JayMiller_at_TDWaterhouse.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:28:29 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004545E7.20020430152829@fatcity.com>

If any of the files were being accessed when you removed them they won't show up in an ls command but will still occupy space (and not actually be deleted) until they are no longer being accessed. For example, if you rm all your data files while the database is running the space will not be reclaimed until the database is shut down.

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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:50 PM
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hi gurus,

This is unix question but hope someone got the answer.... I ran df -k yesterday on my oracle directories.

/oradata4  81%
/oradata3  77%
/oradata6 72%

( this not exact out put only inclueded mount on ,capacity) I removed some files from /oradata4 and added some files to /oradata4 the figure didnot changed on /oradata4 .. but increased to 87% .

today agian I ran df -k which showed. /oradata4 as at 76% capacity.

my question why df -k command took some time to give exact figures on disk usage ?
Is there any why to refresh this command or are there any alternatives ?

naren

narender akula
Oracle DBA OCP

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