deleted files space not returned

[Donald Thaler]

deleted files from system, but space utilized not returned. ran script to find process that had files, but no process's are found.
fuser -u /u03/oradata/archive|cut -d "c" -f1|xargs -n1 > /tmp/file..

short of rebooting the server what can i do???

[yulianto piyut]

hi Donald,

You can check with lsof. There are processess that hung at still hold the size.

-yut-

[marvik · Accepted solution]

Hi Donald,

check it out with man lsof it will tell u of options where u come to know of pid using that log file.
Once the file is rm'ed with fuser or simple lsof u won't get anything.

For future, its recommended to use
" > filename " to empty it than rm it.
Incase ur unable to find the process then reboot is final take

Thanks
Marvik

[john123]

Hi Donald..,

Try lsof to find any opened files.
And try by giving a HUP signal to the process if you you found any process have opened files

JOhn

[Sajjad Sahir]

my be inodes are open
u have to check it