df not reporting correct free space - hard link problems?

Neil Bird neil at fnxweb.com
Mon Jan 21 10:21:59 UTC 2008


Around about 19/01/08 21:14, Cameron Simpson typed ...
> Using what precise copy command?
> In short, df _is_ reporting correct free space. You're using space up
> faster that you imagined.

   I was actually using 'cp -ax' which sorts out hard links properly.  The 
mv example was for, erm, an example.  Thanks, but it was the inodes thing 
after all.

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[neil at fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
[neil at fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
ls: .signature: No such file or directory
[neil at fnx ~]# exit




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